Middle English Dictionary Entry
m n.
Entry Info
| Forms | m n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The letter m of the alphabet; also, used as an initial for a name; (b) an abbrev. for maister; (c) a designation for the twelfth item in an order; (d) the m-section of an alphabetized list; (e) the designation for 1000 in numbers and dates; (f) surg. an abbrev. for L manipulus, 'a handful'; (g) med. an abbrev. for the quality 'moist'.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Preste ne monke (Cleo B.2)113 : Þe frer austynes come of a..Of M comen þe frer menours.
- c1400 I herd an harping (BodDon c.13)12 : With an o and an I, þis is of lettres foure X and M, I & C, þat we gon firste honoure.
- a1425 *Tit.Alphabet (Tit D.18)9a : Alphabetum Anglicum: l, el; m, em; n, en.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1349 : The orfray contenyng A & M crownyt.
- (a1449) Lydg.Ave Jesse (Hrl 2255)113,121,129 : M. in Maria was first tokne of mercy..M. in Maria, betokenyth Eek meknesse..M. is also signe of thy magnitude, Of plentevous mercyes.
- (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30189 : Item, ij coppis of silver playne with M and S in ye grounde.
- a1500 X for crystes (StJ-C S.54)p.53 : Of X and M and other too: Of I and E, I syng allso..M begynnyth a gloryos name: Mary modyr.
b
- (c1454) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35327 : The tenor of the qwyche letter a-for-sende, the sayd m [i.e., mayster w. churche] can remembre ȝow.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)505 : Fyrst I xall begyn at M. Huntyngton of Sauston; Fro thens I xall go to Wylliam Thurlay of Hauston.
c
- (1421) in Hist.Essays Tait211 : Inventarium librorum..M. Summa Ricardi Britonis de legibus Anglicanis.
d
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.88v : Of sanguis, se in S; of melancolie, in M.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178a/b : Medicinez biginnyng bi M. M.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)92b-100a : [At tops of pages] M.
e
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Pri.(Lnsd 851)B.1628 : God ȝeue þe monke a M [vr. Ml.] last quade ȝere.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13767 : Be lyue to hym he lent A M men ryȝt wele arayd.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14113 : He had hym self VII M schepe in flokkes to flytt both to and fro.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)66 : Þe Kyngys men oon to me A M pounde and mare.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)3101 : In the yere of christe MCCCC seventi and seven, this werke begane.
f
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)25b/a : R[ecipe] folia malue m.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)199a : A pounde is þus write li..An hondful þus m., halfe ane hondeful þus m. sem., or þus m. dim.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)12/15 : Recipe: tame comon maluez, M. i or M. ij, & brisse þam in a morter.
g
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)193a/a : Argentum viuum, qwik siluer h. m. [i.e., moist] in 4 gre.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)198b/a : Viola, violet, is c. in j gre. & m. in 2 gre.