[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
ma III, 490, (Child #188 B) 15, 27, 29: bit, whit.
Mable booke of, III, 422, (Child #177 A) 61: some book of predictions, like Thomas Rymer's.
made a lie, I, 478, (Child #53 M) 25: told.
made men, III, 406, (Child #175 A) 37: raised, made a bow o bere, V, 264 a, 2: contributed.
mae III, 301, E; 349, 46; IV, 490, 27: more.
maen, mane, meen n., II, 107, (Child #64 C) (Child #64 D) 2: moan.
magger of in the, III, 307, (Child #162 A) 1: in spite of, maugre.
maick, make mate.
maid may, used loosely of a young wife: II, 300, (Child #89 A) (Child #89 B) 6, 8; 307, 33; V, 227, 7. So #954;όρη παρθένος, in Homer, of a young wife, and puella of married woman often.
maid of a place, as, maid of the Cowdenknows, IV, 200, (Child #217 H) 12, 13; 202, J 2, 3; 203, 8; 205, 14: the eldest daughter of the tenant or proprietor, who is generally called by the name of his farm.
maid alone II, 149, (Child #68 D) (Child #68 E) 2: solitary, like burd-alone, I, 298, (Child #32 A) 2 (which, however, is there used of a man).
maiden IV, 30 a: an instrument for beheading, resembling the guillotine.
maigled IV, 41, note *: mangled.
maik See make.
mail rent, lodging-maill, III, 474, (Child #186 A) 38.
main man o the main, is it to a man o the might, or till a man o the main, II, 403, (Child #100 F) (Child #100 G) 7, 8: main can have no sense distinct from might, and man of the might, man of the main, is simple verbiage. In B 4, H 6, we have, to a man of micht or a man of mean: man of mean cannot be wrenched into man of low degree, and we do not want that sense even if we could legitimately get it, for the antithesis is not between the man of micht and the man of mean degree, but between both these and the robber or robbers of the last half of the stanza. The stall copy, 405, 5, 6, having only grammar in mind, reads man (one) that's mean, and but for rhyme might perhaps have gone so far as, a man of means. IV, 146, (Child #211 A) 21, reads, man o mine, to avoid the difficulty. See mean.
main n., IV, 473, 39: moan. See mane.
ma-i-ntn V, 303 a: maintain, support.
mair IV, 21, (Child #192 D) (Child #192 E) 14: more, bigger.
mairly IV, 59 f., d 2; e 2, g 2: a rhyme used for mair.
maist II, 169, (Child #70 B) 7: almost.
maistly I, 138 b, d 5: mostly, almost. See mostly.
make, maik, maicke I, 127, (Child #10 B) 14; 128, 11: 129, D 8; 347, 23, 30; 348, 11, 17: mate, consort. I, 403, (Child #44 A) 12; II, 46, (Child #59 A) (Child #59 B) 1; IV, 344, (Child #238 G) (Child #238 H) 7; V, 184, (Child #304 A) 44: match, like; and so in, what is my lineage or what is my make, IV, 341, D (Child #238 D) 8.
make III, 37, (Child #116 app) 67: for made, p.p.
making IV, 208, (Child #217 app) 3: doing, deportment.
make V, 307 b: makes.
male III, 63, (Child #117 A) 134; 68, 247, 255: (O. Fr. male) trunk, male-hors, III, 74, (Child #117 A) 374.
mall with the leaden mall, III, 357, (Child #168 app) 42: mallet, hammer (referring to the weight of his stroke).
mallasin malison.
man V, 191, (Child #305 A) 8, 12: vassal. V, 304 b, 3: husband.
man, mane, maun, mun I, 16, B (Child #2 B) 8, 9, 12-16; 146, 5, 6; V, 197, (Child #305 B) (Child #305 C) 12; 219, 29; 220, 4; 248, 12, 13: must.
mane, maen, main, maine, meane, meen I, 72, (Child #5 C) 20; 448, A 1, 3; etc.: moan, complaint, lament; often nothing more than utterance, enunciation, as, I, 253, 1; 394, A 2; 395, C 4; III, 489, (Child #188 A) (Child #188 B) 1.
mane v., I, 72, (Child #5 C) 23: moan. See mean.
maney III, 109, (Child #121 A) 4: meny, followers. See menë.
mang I, 108, (Child #8 A) (Child #8 B) 6: among.
manhood, manhead, manheed men (man) o your, men to your, I, 108, (Child #8 A) (Child #8 B) 14; 109, 13; IV, 446 f., 14: a strange way of saying, if you are men (man) of true valor, willing to fight one by one. III, 422, B 9: manly deed, exploit demanding courage.
manie, mennie V, 270, 8: maunna, must not.
mankie V, 173, (Child #299 A) (Child #299 B) 3: calamanco, a stuff made in the Low Countries.
manratten, manrydden (A.S. manráeden), III, 359, (Child #168 app) 95; 362, 95: homage, vassalage.
manrent IV, 34 b: homage, vassalage. See manratten.
mansworn I, 394, (Child #43 A) (Child #43 B) 3; IV, 442, 10: perjured.
marchandise III, 92, (Child #118 A) 22: dealing.
march-man III, 296, (Child #161 A) 8: one who lives on the march, or border.
March-parti, Marche-partes III, 310, (Child #162 A) 58, 67: Border-part, -parts, Border, Borders.
marie III, 491, (Child #188 C) 14: mare.
marie See mary.
mark II, 62 b, (Child #61 app) 11; 132, 29; IV, 202, K (Child #217 K) 2: murky, the mark, II, 164, (Child #69 F) 3. See mirk.
marke, merk I, 394 ff., B (Child #43 B) 1; C 2; III, 68, (Child #117 A) 243, 246; 69, 270: two thirds of a pound.
marke hym III, 297, (Child #161 A) 44: commit himself by signing the cross.
marries IV, 487, 25: maids. See mary.
marrow I, 147, (Child #11 C) (Child #11 D) (Child #11 E) 5; 148, G 4; 149, I 4; IV, 165, (Child #214 A) (Child #214 B) 13; 168, 2; V, 41, (Child #270 A) 16: (of man or woman) mate, husband, wife. IV, 165, (Child #214 A) (Child #214 B) 8, 9; B 2; 166, 2, 3; 167, D 6; 169, 5, 6; 170, G 3; H 3: match, equal in rank, equal antagonist, bear ye marrow, 169, 4: should perhaps be, be your marrow, as in 170, G 3.
mary, marie, marrie, marry II, 369, (Child #97 A) (Child #97 B) 13, 15, 19, 20; 370, 13, 14, 17; 371, 14, 15, 20, 21, etc.; 390, 25; 391, 19; IV, 487, 25; 489, 26: a queen's lady, maid-of-honor (cf. III, 381 b; 385, 18; 386, 19; etc.), maid (like abigail).
mary mild IV, 213, (Child #219 B) 13: marigold; cf. V, 259, 5.
Mas (James Melvine), III, 471 a: Magister, Mr. Mess James Murray, V, 196, (Child #305 B) 51: see Mess.
masar, maser III, 65, (Child #117 A) 175; 83, 86, 175: a drinking-vessel, of wood, especially of knotty-grained maple, often mounted with bands or rings of precious metals. See Way's note, Prompt. Parv., p. 328.
mass in the frequent formula, when bells were rung and mass was sung and a' men bound to bed, II, 70, (Child #62 A) 21, etc.: a domestic religious service at the end of the day. evening-mass, II, 168, A (Child #70 A) 4.
mast, maste III, 296 f., (Child #161 A) 22, 31; V, 79, (Child #273 app) 22: mayst.
master-man II, 16, (Child #57 A) 2: captain of a ship. V, 191, 19: chief.
masteryes make, III, 92, (Child #118 A) 27: do feats of skill.
mat, matt mat he (ye) dee! wae mat fa, mat(t) worth! = mot, in the sense of may: II, 27, (Child #58 H) (Child #58 I) 7, 10; 472, 25, 33; IV, 391, (Child #249 A) 6; 392, 9, 21; 428, 6; V, 166, (Child #294 A) 10; 306, 10. See met.
maught, maugt might.
maugre maugre in theyr teethe, III, 67, (Child #117 A) 225: in spite of.
maun I, 16, B (Child #2 B) 8, 9, etc.; C 7-10, etc.; 17, D 5-7, etc.; 146, 5, 6; 183, 25, 26: must. 71, 39 in pret. sense. See man, mun.
maunna I, 185, (Child #16 A) 25: must not. See manie.
mavosie I, 465, (Child #53 B) 8: mavis, song-thrush.
maw, sea-maw II, 360, (Child #96 B) (Child #96 C) 3; 363, 7; 365, 5; IV, 482, 6: sea-mew, gull.
maw v., I, 427, (Child #47 A) (Child #47 B) 13, 15: mow.
mawys I, 326, (Child #37 C) 2: mavis, song-thrush.
may, mey I, 115, B (Child #9 B) 1, 3, etc.; 173 f., 6, 10; III, 93, (Child #118 A) 39; 286, 45; IV, 432, (Child #262 A) 9; 515, 2: maid.
may optative, frequently put after the subject, as, Christ thy speed may bee! thou mayst sune be! I may be dead ere morn! III, 355 f., (Child #168 app) 5, 23; 359, 87; 370, 8, 11; IV, 365, (Child #243 C) 18.
may be = is, like can be: II, 448, (Child #109 B) 33; 451, 100. might be = was, III, 452, (Child #182 A) 10. (So, possibly, might see, I, 434, (Child #48 A) 30.)
may gold III, 497, 13: marigold.
mayne strength.
maystry mastery.
me I, 243 f., (Child #23 A) 5, 15: men, French on.
me ethical dative, sawe I me, etc., III, 65(Child #117 A) , 184; 68, 249; 75, 381; 79, 147; 80, 169.
meal III, 163, (Child #134 A) 77: meal-bag.
meal II, 230, (Child #77 B) (Child #77 C) 14, 15; 362, 36: mold, dust, earth. See meel.
mean man of, I, 358, 30; II, 233, F (Child #77 F) 3; 400, 4, 5; 404, 6, 7; V, 36, B (Child #269 B) 8, 9: mere verbiage, I judge; mean looks like an attempt to escape from main, which see. (man of mean, II, 233, F (Child #77 F) 3, not being joined with man of might, might be understood as, man of main, or violent man.)
mean, meane, meen v., I, 426, (Child #47 A) 5; V, 246, 4, 6: moan, lament. I, 388, A (Child #42 A) 7, 10: bemoan, lament the state of. not to mean, V, 160, (Child #293 A) 2: not to be pitied, mean, V, 160, (Child #293 A) 1, is doubtful, but the verb corresponding to moan is to be preferred. See mane, menyd.
mean n., moan. See meen.
meany III, 307, (Child #162 A) 3, 10: troop. See menë.
meaten, meeten II, 434, (Child #107 A) 17; III, 33, 158: measured.
meathe IV, 378, (Child #245 A) (Child #245 B) 9; 380, 17: landmark.
meatrif III, 163, (Child #134 A) 87: abounding in food.
meckle, meikle, muckle IV, 513, 6, 7: much.
medder V, 221, 11: mother.
medill-erthe I, 327, 27. See middle-earth.
meed I, 68, (Child #5 A) 10, 14; II, 172, (Child #71 A) 33: mood, heart, state of feeling.
meed warld's meed, I, 108, (Child #8 A) (Child #8 B) 14; IV, 446 f., 14: seems to be corrupted from mate (make). Woreldes make is a familiar phrase in Old English, and not unfrequent in ballads.
meel meel or mor, III, 281, (Child #158 C) 8, 10: mold, earth, ground; but perhaps an error for mede, mead. See meal.
meen v., moan, lament. See mean, v.
meen, mean I, 427, (Child #47 A) (Child #47 B) 5; II, 124, (Child #65 H) (Child #65 I) 39; 417, 11; III, 389, (Child #173 E) (Child #173 F) 12, 13: lamentation. See mane.
meen I, 222, (Child #20 E) (Child #20 F) 8; 315, 8; IV, 416, (Child #256 A) 10: moon.
meet I, 148, F (Child #11 F) 10: (causative) pass, put, thrust in.
meet, meete II, 46, (Child #59 A) (Child #59 B) 45: even, equal. II, 229, 13: scant, close, and so, perhaps, II, 436, (Child #107 A) 61.
meeten, meaten II, 434, (Child #107 A) 17: measured, by measure. See met.
meiht I, 243, (Child #23 A) 3: mayst.
meikle, meickle, mickle, muckle I, 72, (Child #5 C) 24, 25; 86, 2, 3; 309 f., 2, 4; 330, A 3, B 3; IV, 514, 5: much, great.
meisseine V, 132, (Child #284 A) 7: spanker, or perhaps, Fr. misaine, foresail.
mell I, 299, (Child #32 A) 6; 304, 10; P 6; 305, 12; V, 108, B (Child #278 B) 6: mall, wooden hammer, beetle.
mell IV, 177 b, I 7: mail.
mell III, 172, (Child #137 A) 24: meddle.
meller's hoops I, 304, P 5: mill-casings, the circular wooden frames which surround mill-stones.
melten, melten goud IV, 471, 37: molten.
menë, menye, meany, menyie, meynë, maney, monie III, 72, (Child #117 A) 335: followers, band.
menement V, 242, 9, 11, 13: amendment.
menji menji feathers in her hat, V, 163, (Child #293 D) 13: many.
mennie, manie V, 270, 8: maunna, must not.
mensked I, 334, 11: honored, dignified.
menyde (of hir songe), I, 326, (Child #37 C) 2: moaned, uttered, delivered. See mean.
menye, menyie household, retinue, people: III, 91 a; IV, 127, (Child #209 A) 4, 5. See menë.
mere IV, 493, 21: more.
meri See mery.
merk, marke I, 394 f., B i, C 2: two thirds of a pound.
merk See merkes.
merk v., mark, merked them one, III, 297, (Child #161 A) 47: took their aim at.
merkes III, 75, (Child #117 A) 397: distances between the bounds, merke-soote, I, 334, 4: mark-shot, distance between the marks (cf. III, 75, (Child #117 A) 397), from bow to target, bowshot.
merlion, merlyon II, 45, (Child #59 A) 21, 33: merlin, the smallest of British falcons.
merrilye III, 329, (Child #165 A) 11: in good or valiant fashion. So, nearly, IV, 477, 8.
merry (men). See mery.
merry Cock land III, 250, (Child #155 J) (Child #155 K) 1: corruption of the merry Scotland of 249, I, J, 1; 251, M 1; 252, O 1.
merrys I, 327, 22: mars, marrest.
mery, meri, merry, merrie, myrri, myrry (men), II, 386, (Child #99 E) (Child #99 F) 12; III, 66, (Child #117 A) 205; 71, 316; 73, 340; 97, 9; 114, 121, 131; 116, 2; 285 f., 30, 48; 309, 37; 330, 17; 430, 5; 431, 4; 432, 2; 433, 2; IV, 234, (Child #222 A) 39; V, 191, (Child #305 A) 4, 14: a standing phrase for followers, companions in arms.
mese I, 328, 45: course (at table).
mese III, 484 a, (Child #187 D) 16: mitigate.
Mess an epithet said to be contemptuous for a priest or parish minister (as one who says, or said, mass), so Mess John, IV, 442, 10, 12; but there is no reason to suppose disrespect in V, 196, (Child #305 B) 51. See Mas.
mestoret V, 80, (Child #273 app) 42: needed.
met I, 324, (Child #37 A) (Child #37 B) 3; IV, 455, 4; V, 195, (Child #305 B) 9: mat, may. See mat.
met pret. of mete, III, 60, (Child #117 A) 73: measured, p.p. met, mete, III, 60, (Child #117 A) 72; 203, 17; IV, 465, 23; 467, 13.
methe meat.
mett meet.
met-yard III, 105, (Child #120 A) 27: measuring-rod.
mey V, 161, (Child #293 A) (Child #293 B) 9: maid. See may.
meynë III, 27, (Child #116 A) 96; 58, 31; 61, 95, 97; 76, 419: retinue, suite, household, company, body of people. See menë.
meythe III, 112, (Child #121 A) 59: might.
micht v., V, 299, 4: might.
micht'll might well.
mickle great, much. See meikle.
midder, mideer mother.
middle-earth, medill-erthe I, 327, 27; II, 59, (Child #61 A) 25: (A.S. middangeard, middaneard), earth (conceived as being the middle of the universe; see miðgarðr in Vigfusson).
middle stream III, 125, (Child #123 B) 19: middle of the stream.
middle waist IV, 523, 6: middle of his waist.
mid-larf crowing a, II, 230, (Child #77 B) (Child #77 C) 5, 8: corrupt (changed by Scott to merry midnight). Taking into account the young cock crew i the merry Linkem, II, 239, B (Child #79 B) 4, midlarf may stand for some locality (suggestion of Professor Kittredge).
might be = was, III, 452, (Child #182 A) 10. See may, can.
mild maidens mild, II, 312, (Child #91 A) (Child #91 B) 1; 314, C 1, D 1; 316, 1: meek, gentle, demure. So Mild Mary, II, 315, E (Child #91 E) 7; Mary(-ie) Mild, III, 395, M (Child #173 M) 1, 3; 396, N 1; 398 a, c 4; Mary Mile, III, 386, (Child #173 B) (Child #173 C) 5, 6, 8. Corrupted to Moil, IV, 507 b, S 2; Miles, IV, 511 a, 5. myld(e) Mary, of the Virgin, III, 97, (Child #119 A) 7, 17; 98, 35: lenient, compassionate, myld myȝth, V, 283, 13.
milk-dey IV, 262, (Child #226 E) 26; 524, 6: dairy-woman.
mill, mille IV, 503, 13; 505, 45; V, 221, 15, 16; 224, 25: mile.
millaine I, 286, (Child #30 A) 42, 45: of Milan steel. See myllan.
mill-capon II, 477 b, D 27: a poor person who asks charity at mills from those who have grain grinding, the alms usually given being a gowpen, or handful, of meal.
millering II, 467, (Child #110 E) 42: waste meal, sweepings of a mill (dust [which] lyes in the mill, II, 470, (Child #110 F) 43).
mill-town, mill-toun II, 471, (Child #110 G) 18; V, 238, 29: miller's steading or place.
miln I, 18, (Child #2 E) (Child #2 F) 11: mill.
milner, mylner III, 85, 4; 360, 111: miller.
min See mind.
mind II, 216, (Child #76 A) 12, 15; 218, 13, 16: recollection, her mind she keeped, II, 72, (Child #62 B) (Child #62 C) 13: did not forget what she had promised, for changing o her min, 81, 32: seems to mean, lest she should change her mind; but the sense is not striking.
mind mind o, on, I, 481, (Child #53 N) 26; IV, 194, (Child #217 A) (Child #217 B) (Child #217 C) 16, 9; 195, 15; 196, 17; 197, 17, etc.: remember, pret. mind, I, 183, (Child #15 A) 30. mind of, on, mind to, I, 470, (Child #53 E) 16; IV, 403 f., (Child #252 A) (Child #252 B) 14, 28; 437, 24: remind of. he mind't him on, V, 18, 5: remembered.
minde ffor the may dens loue that I haue most minde, II, 58(Child #61 A) , 5: elliptical or corrupt. Comparing 59, 24 (where the Manuscript reads, wrongly, most meed) we see that for is not to be taken with minde. We must understand most in mind or most mind to or of, or, possibly, minde may be (from minnen, remember) had in mind.
minge (A.S. myndgian), III, 355, (Child #168 app) 6; 362, 72: utter, minged, II, 59, (Child #61 A) 21: didst name the name of, mention (or, perhaps, only bore in mind), myn, III, 358, (Child #168 app) 72.
minikin V, 201 b: little, pretty little.
minion I, 284, (Child #30 A) 12: dainty.
minnie, minny II, 473, (Child #110 H) 16, 17; IV, 69, (Child #200 E) 16; 294, C 9, 10; V, 115, (Child #279 app) 9: mother. IV, 6, (Child #190 A) 15; V, 250, 14: dam.
mint to II, 469, (Child #110 F) 31; IV, 493, 20; V, 28, (Child #268 A) 67; 238, 21: put out the hand towards, move towards, minted as, V, 9, (Child #266 A) 7: took a direction as if, made as if.
mire, myre I, 428, (Child #47 B) 13, 14; 429, 7, 8; III, 475 b: swamp, bog. mire an moss, bog, an miery hole, IV, 22, (Child #192 E) 12; cf. 184, 5.
mirk, myrke, mark I, 326, (Child #37 C) 16; IV, 517, 14: dark.
Mirry-land toune III, 244, B i: probably a corruption of the merry Lincoln of A (Child #155 A) 16, 17; 246, D 1; 251, L 1.
miscarry me IV, 267, (Child #227 A) 11: get me into trouble; fail, disappoint me (?).
misgae misgave.
misgiding V, 117, (Child #280 A) (Child #280 B) 15: ill treatment.
misguide, misgiding V, 117, (Child #280 A) (Child #280 B) 15; 119, 15: ill treatment.
miss n., IV, 317, E (Child #235 E) 5; 325, C 5, D 3: mistress, whore.
miss n., II, 465, (Child #110 E) 4: wrong or injury.
miss, misse v., I, 210, (Child #18 A) 12: omit, fail, miss your Wanton slack, IV, 22, (Child #192 E) 10, 12: fail to keep him tightly reined (?).
mis-sworn I, 395, C (Child #43 C) 5: mansworn, perjured.
mister, myster III, 450 a; IV, 268, (Child #227 A) 26; 464, 15: need, requirement, an exigency, misters, III, 164, (Child #134 A) 90: sorts of.
mistkane I, 105 a, 18, if not miswritten, seems to be simply a phonetic variation of mistane.
mith, mithe n., I, 334, 6, 7, 11: might.
mith, mithe v., II, 139, (Child #67 A) (Child #67 B) 10; IV, 493, 19: might, mith slain, II, 165, (Child #69 F) (Child #69 G) 23: might [have] slain.
mode I, 328, 47: spirit.
modther IV, 260, (Child #226 D) 3, 7: mother.
mody, mudie I, 334, 10: proud, high-spirited.
mold, molde mane of molde, I, 327, 20: earth, ouer the mold, into the Scottish mold, I, 433, (Child #48 A) 21, 23: land, country. I, 434, (Child #48 A) 37; II, 246, (Child #81 B) (Child #81 C) 7: ground.
Moll Syms I, 126, (Child #10 A) 13; IV, 448, 7: a well-known dance tune of the sixteenth century.
mome III, 352, (Child #168 A) 7: dolt.
monand n., II, 87, (Child #63 A) (Child #63 B) 36: moaning.
mone I, 326, (Child #37 C) 1: moan, lamentation, complaint. See meen.
monie IV, 437, (Child #265 A) 2: menie, company, suite. See menë.
montenans See mountnaunce.
monty IV, 42 a, note §: staircase. (Fr. montée.)
mood giue me, III, 105, (Child #120 A) 23: though give me my God looks like a bold change, it is not improbable. We have, yeve me my savyour, in the Romaunt of the Rose, 6436, le cors nostre Seigneur, 12105, Michel. And again: For it was about Easter, at what times maidens gadded abrode, after they had taken their Maker, as they call it. Wilson, Arte of Logike, fol. 84 b. "In 1452 John Bulstone (of Norwich) bequeathed to the church of Hempstede 'j pyxte, to putte owre lord god in.'" Academy, XL, 174. (These last two citations furnished by Prof. J.M. Manly.) Again, the Breton ballad, Ervoan Camus, Revue Celtique, II, 496, st. 6, has 'she has received my God.' (Dr. F.N. Robinson.) See V, 297 a.
moody-hill, moudie-hill, mould-hill IV, 148 f., (Child #211 A) 48; 150, g, h 48: mole-hill.
mool, mools See moul.
morn, morrow the morn, III, 480, (Child #187 B) 18; 482, 14; 488, 19; 489, 11; IV, 517, 18: to-morrow, the morn's morning, IV, 373, (Child #244 C) 8.
mornin's gift, morning gift II, 132, (Child #66 C) 32; 135, 28: gift made the morning after marriage.
mort III, 307, (Child #162 A) 8; IV, 26, (Child #193 A) (Child #193 B) 8: note on the horn to announce the death of deer.
mose-water See moss-water.
moss, muss, mose I, 78, (Child #5 F) 32; 99, 6; III, 4, (Child #114 A) (Child #114 B) 3, 48; 440, 10; IV, 443 f., 6, 19; 445, 8: bog.
moss-water, mose-water II, 193, (Child #73 G) (Child #73 H) 21; 195, 33; V, 224, 19: water of a peat-bog.
most I, 328, 50: greatest.
mostly, maistly IV, 242 b: almost.
mot I, 473, (Child #53 H) 5: must.
mot, mote I, 333, (Child #38 G) 2; III, 7, (Child #114 E) (Child #114 F) 9; 68, 243; 75, 394; 113, 81; IV, 137, (Child #209 J) (Child #209 K) 29; V, 82, (Child #273 app) 25, 27; 83, 44, 50, 53; 283, 3: may.
mote III, 68, (Child #117 A) 253: meeting.
moten molten.
mothe, mouthe I, 334, 4, 6: for meahte (mohte), might.
mother-in-law II, 71, (Child #62 B) 11; 72 f., 14, 15: stepmother.
mother-naked I, 344, (Child #39 B) 33: naked as in, or coming from, the womb.
mothly III, 148, (Child #129 A) 27: motley.
motion III, 216, (Child #149 A) 38: proposal.
mou, moue, mow I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 8; III, 149, (Child #129 A) 34; IV, 277, (Child #229 A) 10; V, 115, (Child #279 app) 9; 268, 18; 269, 13: mouth.
moudie-hill See moody-hill.
moue I, 16, C (Child #2 C) 15: put up in ricks.
mought V, 76, (Child #273 A) 28; 83, b 26, etc.: mote, may. III, 30, (Child #116 A) 98: might, were able.
moul, mouls, mool, mools IV, 329, A b, after 16; 330, D d 20: mould, dust, ashes (of the dead). I, 184, (Child #15 A) (Child #15 B) 10; II, 233, (Child #77 E) (Child #77 F) (Child #77 G) 6; 429, 6; IV, 492, 6; V, 210, 10: earth of a grave. See meal, II, 230, (Child #77 B) (Child #77 C) 14, 15.
mould-hill See moody-hill.
mould-warpe III, 420, (Child #177 A) 20: mole.
mountnaunce, montenans I, 327, 31; III, 64, (Child #117 A) 168: amount.
mouthe See mothe.
mow III, 149, (Child #129 A) 34: seems to be meant for mouth (lip). But perhaps we may understand grimace (for a tyrant to make faces at). See mou.
mow, mows IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 22; 225, 20: jest.
moyen IV, 42 a, note: means.
mucell See muckle.
muck IV, 323, (Child #236 A) 6: dung.
muck the byre IV, 293, (Child #232 A) (Child #232 B) 9; 294, C 9, 10; 295, D 9; 297, 9: carry out dung from the cow-house.
muckle, mukle, mucell, meikle IV, 398, (Child #251 A) 6; 494, 33: big. IV, 399, (Child #251 A) 40; V, 271, 13: much.
mudie III, 434, (Child #178 D) (Child #178 E) 27, 28: bold. See mody.
muir moor.
mullertd IV, 86, (Child #203 B) (Child #203 C) 12: miller.
mun, maun, man II, 59, (Child #61 A) 20; 314, 28; IV, 343, (Child #238 E) (Child #238 F) 6: must.
mune moon.
munt I, 304, E (Child #33 E) 2: come to, make out.
mure V, 202 b: moor, heath (?).
muss III, 4, (Child #114 A) (Child #114 B) 3, 4, 8: moss, bog. See moss.
myght welcome myght thou be, III, 65, (Child #117 A) 177: Old Eng. 2d pers. pres. ind. = mayst.
myght neuer no tyme to sleepe III, 77, (Child #117 A) 441: probably corrupt, and to be read, no tymë slepe; but the construction is not unknown.
myȝth n., V, 283, 13: might, power.
myld, mylde See mild.
myle two myle way, III, 64, (Child #117 A) 168: the time it takes to go two miles.
myllan III, 309, (Child #162 A) 31: Milan steel. See millaine.
mylner, milner III, 81, 4; 97, 8: miller.
myn III, 358, (Child #168 app) 72: say. See minge.
myneyeple III, 308, so: corruption of manople, a gauntlet protecting the hand and the whole forearm (?). Skeat.
myre See mire.
myrke, mirk, mark I, 327, 30: dark.
myrri, myrry See mery.
myrthës can III, 66, (Child #117 A) 210: knows pleasant stories.
mysaunter III, 13, (Child #115 A) 10: mischance.
myster III, 68, (Child #117 A) 244: need, occasion. See mister.
mystery, mysterie III, 495, B b, after 7; IV, 517, 16: craft.
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