Morwy, morning.
Mot, must.
Mot-halle, [298], court, judgement-hall. “Moote halle, prætorium,” Prompt. Parv.
Mowe, [325], mouth.
Mullynge, [160], pretty boy.
Muste, [382], new wine. See Wickliffe, Acts ii. 13, ap. Collier’s Hist. Dram. Poet. vol. ii. p. 221.
Nale, [61], ale-house. See Tyrwhitt’s Gloss. to Cant. Tales, in voc. This author supposes “at the nale,” in the few passages in which it is found, to be a corruption which has arisen from the mispronunciation and consequent miswriting of atte nale for atten ale.
Negremauncye, [189], necromancy. This does not exactly imply the modern term. “He is all sette to nygrymancy and conjurynge, addictus est mathematicæ,” Hormanni Vulgaria.
Neyhand, [172], approach, nigh at hand.
Nempe, [53], name.