Middle English Dictionary Entry
medlen v.
Entry Info
Forms | medlen v. Also medle, medel(in, meddle(n, meddel & melle(n, mel(e & (error) modil. Forms: sg. 3 medleth, etc. & (?error) melde; p.ppl. i)medled(e, i)medlet, i)medelet, medild(e, medult, meddled, meddelid, meddelde & i)melled, mellede, imellude, mellet, meld(e. |
Etymology | OF medler, meller, vars. of mesler. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) To blend, mix; mix (sth.); blend (one thing with another); mix (sth. in another); ~ among (to); mix (things) together; ~ togeder(es; ~ with, mix (sth.) with (sth.); of a substance: mingle or blend with (sth. else); (b) fig. to temper (one virtue, attitude, emotion, etc., with another), modify; medled with venim, infused with hatred; (c) to join, unite; also, be joined; join (one thing with another); bring (things) together; harmonize (one note with another); cement (stones in a wall); medled with, accompanied by; (d) to intersperse (people or things), mingle, intermingle; intermingle (others' verses with one's own); alternate (different works, different ornaments); -- also refl.; (e) to blend (peoples, one people with another), miscegenate; (f) to compose (sth.) by blending; mix (a drink), mix (sth. into a paste); ?chop up (bread); (g) to become confused; mix up (sth.), confuse, throw (sth.) into confusion; ppl. melled, involved; (h) to assemble (troops); engage (troops) in battle.
Associated quotations
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- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)28/760 : Ase oþer mete, Into þy wombe hyȝt sedlyþ; Ac ne defiþ nauȝt, ase þy mete Wyþ þyne flesch medlyþ.
- 1372 Maiden & moder cum (Adv 18.7.21)23 : Þei ȝeuen me eysil medlid with galle.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3290 : Melk of þe camele..& þer-wiþ sche mellede vynegre..oueral þer-with sche spreynte.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 15.23 : Thei ȝauen him..wyn meddelid with myrre.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.361 : Other he tokeneþ and sowneþ the storye medled wiþ a fable.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.469 : Þe stature of þe body of mankynde is made of þe elementes i-medled [vr. ymelled] to gidres.
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)225 : Softer þen watur..Meode or Milk medled boþe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.858 : Thurgh venym which that medled is In holy cherche of erthly thing.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)35b/b : Brennynge brediþ blacnes þerinne, by þe whiche blacnes, I-mellid with citrine, grene colour is I-gendred.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)206a/a : Tyn is y-compouned of good quiksiluer and of yuel brymstone, and þus tweyne be nouȝt wel y-medled but in smale partyes compouned.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)10.3 : Of erþe & eir it is mad, medlit [vrr. medlid, meddlid, medelid, ymedled, Imedelet] togideris.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)103/6 : Taste ofte þi wyn, and medle it not wiþ water.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)56 : Lete hem wele boyle to gideres and medille hem alway with a stike.
- (1418) EEWills37/2 : A furre of beuer and oter medled.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)364 : Sectis and..lawis..bringinge in of þes doiþ harm..alȝif þe fende coloure it, and medle good wiþ þe yvel.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.815 : Worldly selynesse..Imedled is with many a bitternesse!
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.101.10 : For Y eet aschis as breed; and Y meddlide [WB(1): mengde; L miscebam] my drinke with weping.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Dan.2.43 : Irun mai not be meddlid [WB(1): meynt] with tyel stoon.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)9431 : Þair throtes sal ay be filled omang..Of lowe and reke with stormes melled.
- a1425 Symb.Pass.(Roy 17.A.27)110 : Þey ȝeufe þe eysel medult with galle.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)3a : Mell þe juis wiþ aysell and drinke hit.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)50/10 : It is a roche of white colour and a lytill medled with red.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)88a/b : Encorper oþer meddel hem alle to gider with þe white of an eye.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)105 : It is ordeyned..that no curlewacher, pokere, ne non other man ne woman medele rotyn corn with good corn for to sellyn in the forseid toun.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)28/27 : Tak a rawe egge ȝolke & euen quanttite of salte & melle to-gedir.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.413 : Six sester with a pounde Of hony meddel they, & saue hit sounde.
- (1447-8) Shillingford92 : The whiche corrupte wyn hath be..y-shipped..to Burdeaux, ther to be put and melled among nywe wyn.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)30 : Bray hem in a mortere..& melle hem with flowre of Rys.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)164/3 : Take þe jus and medele [vrr. medyll, melle] it with esyle.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)199/2 : Medyll the powdyr off licium with amidum and with penydes.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.501b : Noo persone that shall make..eny manere Wollen Cloth..medell, or put in or uppon the same Cloth..eny Lambes Wolle.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)7 : Take þe powdere of saxifrage..and a quantite of may butter, and temper it well togider til þey ben even mellede.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)86/17 : Ryght so in the trinite is nothing to-for mor or lasse departed or medeled [L confusum]; bot one wyll, one endeles, on power, & on glorie.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)297 : Þei medlen fals wiþ soþ.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)152a/b : Jt is first for to seen wheþir þe humouris þat schal be voydid be medlid wiþ blood or not.
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)141b : Y made him ysmete wyt a spere..and ayselle and galle imellude to ȝefe him to drinke.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)48 : Take your dongge & medell it withe erthe þt is freshe.
- c1500 Juce of lekes (Hnt HU 1051)4 : Too partes of the Iuce, the third of galle, Mellyd smal.
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- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)74.7 : Grace ys, in þe honde of our Lord, ful of sharpenes medeled wyþ lyþenes.
- c1390 In a Pistel (Vrn)35 : To saue þi soule and þou be slowe, Wiþ þi Maystrie medel þi meþ.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1709 : He drinkth the bitre with the swete; He medlith sorwe with likynge.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.74 : Thi wordes ben many, and ever medled with venym.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)194/32 : Þe herte feeliþ gladnes medlid with sorowe of synne and hope of my mercy togyders.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)413/940 : Ther was gladnesse medlyd with wepyng.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1196 : Heuyn es thirld with schort prayers..if þat þai be Mellid with no kyns vanite.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)390/302 : Þanne se I howe þou mouys emang, Some mesure with malice to melle.
- c1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)29 : A maner ease, medled with grevaunce.
- c1450 There is no creatour (Lamb 853)86 : Medele þou merci with execusioun.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.4.3b : Knowynge allone liefteth vp þe herte in to priede; bute medle hit with charite, and þanne torneþ hit in to edification.
- c1475 *Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)102/26 : Doutes, medlid with good hoope.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)9.9 : Nedfulere is noght a man drawen fra the lust of the warld than when god melles sorow, anguys, & trauaile till his flescly lykynge.
- a1500(c1380) Wycl.Papa (Ryl Eng 86)471 : Þey shulden teche to drede god by austernete & worldly drede; but it is aȝenus cristis wille þat prestis meddle þes two ti-gidere.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)54/32 : O hov miȝty is þe pure loue of ihesu, whan it is medlid wiþ no propre loue.
- a1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)20/361 : Þei..schulen resseyue þi straiȝt riȝtwisnes medlid sumwhat wiþ mercy in þi prisoun helle.
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- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)10.202 : Vche mon haue a make in Mariage..I-Medlet to-gedere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1586 : Whan wordes medlen with the song, It doth plesance wel the more.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22641 : Þan sal þe rainbou descend..Wit þe wind þan sal it mell [Phys-E: mel].
- (1418) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.629 : If Th' Ambaxatours of that othir Partye wold melde the Matier of Allyance with the Matier of the said True, be it said unto them, [etc.].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.144 : Neuere ȝit..was preved Þat eny þing was by hym acheved..But þe ende medlid were with fraude.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.120 : Science ne may nat ben medled with falsnesse.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.4.63 : Than is the strengthe of the thought..excited..and medleth the ymagis of thinges withoute-forth to the foormes ihidd withynne hymself.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)160a/a : It bihoueþ hym þat couaiteþ þe extremite of þe tone nouȝt vtterly for to forgete þe toþer bot..for to medlee þam ouþer in mynushing quantite.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)53b/a : Foure notabel sinewes..passynge þoruȝ þe profundite oþer depnesse of þe bodie oþer meddeled wiþ þe brawnes off þe herte and ligamentes beren felinge and meuynge to alle þe armes.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)71/2 : He made up þe wal of stoones, and medlid it with chalk.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)701 : Power of God and man was mellid in his dedis.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)93/1 : Be þe qwhilk man gettis no meyd bot if it be mellyd with charyte.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2908 : Prowesse of Ector medlid with gentrie.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2768 : Falshed with treuth may not iustly melle.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3964 : I truste in ȝour manhode Medlid wiþ prudence and discrecioun.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)242 : Ferst þu shal medle with a 3de a 5te, with a 6te a 8te, with a 10the a 12the.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)2102 : I shal never fro the go..We wil medle us ech with other.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)700/20 : For manhode is nat worthe, but yf hit be medled with wysdome.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)13b/b : Whanne þe senewe & þe ligament beþ medlid togidere, þanne it is clepid a corde.
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)33 : If that mercy and myght mellithe to-gedur, he shall haue the mor grace.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)12116 : Þere shal be peyne with-oute lesyng, Medled wiþ al wicked þyng.
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- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)281 : In-to þe freytore he ladde heom þo, and sette heom..I-medlede with heore [read: his] owene couent.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.13 : Enemyes..bere hym an honde þat he hadde i-take som of Omeres [verse], and i-medled among his.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.151 : Þe erþe was i-bete sevene dayes to giders wiþ grete hayle stones i-medled with scherdes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.391 : Meny schrewed swerd men in Ierusalem..were i-melled among þe peple.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)267 : Þow schalt medle þe werkes of actif lyf wiþ gostly werkes of contemplatyf lyf.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.18 : He tok his suerd in hand..& medeled him in þe pres, among þe barons alle.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.339 : A thousand sikes..Out of his brest ech after other wente, Medled with pleyntes.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.28.33 : Smale bellis ben medlid [WB(1): menged; L mixtis] in the myddis, so that a litil belle of gold be and a piyn appil, and eft another litel belle of gold and a pyn appil.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.46/23 : Now erryng yn wodis, nowe yn hillys, And now a-monge, he medyllyd hym self Amonge the preysse of peple.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.851 : Theuys, robbours of eueri regioun -- Many a cherl was medlid hem among.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)837 : To medle netlys with soote Roose flours.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)545 : Whanne thei schulen be medlid to gidere in sum oon citee or toun..the seruauntis of the oon lord mai be knowe fro..the other.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)9398 : His here was bloy, I-medeled som dele Wyth whytte heres.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Kath.Sienna (Dc 114)195/14 : God forbede..þat I wolde..modil any oþere thinge amonge any-maner wordes of myne þan þe sympil sooþ.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)12/38 : Englysshe men and walsshe dwellyn medelyd to-gedur on eyþur syde of þe fosse.
- a1500 *Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)95/11 : For amonge the commaundementis for to do wele ben medled the amonicions of good hope.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)133/21 : Of henbane and horehound, Ribbie, raddish, and Egremond, which be my hearbes, safe and sound, meddled on a rowe.
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- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.149 : Men of þat lond hiȝte Gallogreci as men i-melled of Gallis and of Grecis.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.149 : Þere þey wonede long tyme afterwarde i-medled with Britouns.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.155 : Normans and Englischemen [ben] imedled [vr. i-melled; L permixtim] in alle þe ilond.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Num.18.4 : An alien schal not be meddlid [L non miscebitur] with ȝou.
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- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.192 : Þe purpre colour medled wiþ violet & wiþ rosen.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.18.6 : In the drinke that she medlide [WB(2): meddlid; L miscuit] to ȝou, menge ȝe double to hir.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.367 : Centaures..were i-medled of mankynde and of hors kynde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)237b/b : Som oyle is y-medlid and compouned and som hoot and some cold.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)9/19 : A surgian muste knowe þat alle bodies þat ben medlid vndir þe sercle of þe moone ben engendrid of foure symple bodies.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.18.6 : Meddle [WB(1): mynge] thou thre half buschelis of clene flour, and make thou looues bakun vndur aischis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Dan.14.10 : We schulen go out, and thou, kyng, sette meetis and meddle wyn.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)37b/b : Limphor: medle.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.3.5 : Cerces, the faire goddesse..medleth to hir newe gestes drynkes.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.53 : Melle white brede in dysshes aboute, Powre in wellyd mylke..Þat called is mylke soppys in serves.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)84/5 : Wasch wel þe place ther the playstre schal be medlid [wi]the hote watere.
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- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)7.260 : Ich..with gyle and glosynge gadered þat ich haue, Meddled my marchaundise and mad a good moustre.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1408 : All lemid þat lathly lake of light þat with mirknes was melled.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)41b/b : Miscelaneus: medlud.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.6.23 : God..suffreth nat the stowndes whiche that hymself hath devyded..to ben imedled togidre.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.7.4 : Auster, turnynge and walwynge the see, medleth the heete [L Misceat aestum] (that is to seyn, the boylynge up fro the botme).
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.5.32 : I wolde wondre wel the lasse, yif I trowede that alle thise thinges weren medled by fortunows hap.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.54 : He ne suffreþ noght þe stoundes for to melle Wiche he hath set in certayn gouernance.
- a1500 *Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)3/9 : And so I aboode as a mane confusid, the visage [wexith] blemeshid, the wittis troubled and the bloode medlid [F mesle] in the body.
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- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1287 : Þemp[er]our..his men þan meled, & whanne þei samen were a-sembled..þei hadde take..fiue hundered..prisouns.
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)647 : Let vs now our men melle to-gedur.
1b.
Ppl. medled, as adj.: (a) having a mixed constitution; (b) of cloth: = medle adj.; also, medle n. 2. (a) or (b); (c) blended, mingled; of color: gray; (d) composed by blending; compounded; (e) thickened, congealed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.191 : Crisopas..is grene medled & þe colour of gold.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.397 : Medled [L mixta] longage encresed after þat þe Empere encresede and was huge.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)268 : Þer is þreo maner of liuinges: On is actyf, anoþur contemplatyf, þe þridde is maad of boþe & is medled lyf.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)131b/b : He haþ vertue for to schede and sprede his substaunce in to þe substaunce of alle medlyd bodyes.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)10/11 : Þe medlynge of qualitees & þe quantitees is fer drawen from þe contrariouste of þe same elementis..& so þat þat is medlid is more able to resceiue þe noble foorme of lijf.
- a1425 Mannyng HS (Bod 415)10122 : Of medlede [Hrl: Þe paste..Shal nat be of no medel corne, But..of wete].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)169b/b : Suppuracioun is no þing ellez þan transmutacioun..þat is made of medled hete in mene materie.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)112/23 : Vynegre..wirkeþ to boþe, for it is schewed to haue a medled vertue.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)87 : Queyntise him with iewelles..with disgisye lases of silk medled red and grene.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)34/1 : Componede or medlede is that nombre that is come of a digite and of an article.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)625 : Mixtilioque: medylde corne.
- c1500 PFulham (Trin-C R.3.19)p.125 : Moche medlett wyne men all day drynke.
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- (1348) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)2.13 : [To Katherine his daughter..one] curtepy [of black] medlet.
- (1386) Will York in Sur.Soc.4126 : j robam, videlicet integram rubeam mellett.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4513 : Pro j roba de blodio melled.
- (1401) Will York in Sur.Soc.4280 : j clok de meld.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4545 : De una toga cum capucio de melde.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Prol.(Hrl 7334)A.328 : Medled [Heng: He rood but hoomly in a medlee coote].
- (1416) Reg.Langley in Sur.Soc.16695 : Agneti amice mee unam togam de murre meld' duplicatam.
- (1442) Will York in Sur.Soc.3084 : Unam togam de meld.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30213 : Lego..j togam coloris le meld.
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- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4899 : He..hath his lust assised With melled love and tirannie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)146b/b : The swan haþ most white fethires..wiþ oute blaknes oþir medlid colour.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)1254 : Thi vesage es crounkilde & waxen olde, A nobill suerde the burde not wolde, Now for thi Mellyde hare.
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- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.165 : Now of þe maneres and of þe doynges of þe medled [Higd.(2): permixte] peple of Engelond nedeþ forto telle.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)23682 : Ane oste he gadrede of diuerse landes..Of paigienes and of cristienes; Alle melde to gider he þam maintenes.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)63/10 : Than was þis man medeled with too blodis: Norman of þe fader side, Englisch of þe moderis side.
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- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)16b/a : Concrus: crudded, medled.
2a.
(a) To do something, busy oneself, exert oneself; ~ with, be concerned with (sb. or sth.), deal with; engage oneself in (sth.), work at (sth.), work on; ~ in (of), be concerned with (sth.), occupy oneself in (sth.); ~ among, busy oneself; ~ among of, work on (metal); never nil i ~, ?I'll give up hawking!; (b) to interfere, be officious, meddle; ~ to muche, make a nuisance of oneself; (c) to intervene; ~ of (in), join in (sth.), take part in; ~ among, interpose among (people); (d) to set to work, set forward; set out (to do sth.); (e) ~ with, to eat (sth.), take (medicine); (f) to work, have an effect; (g) to associate (with sb.); have to do (with sb.); (h) to speak; utter (words) [?error for melen v.].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1424 : Medleth namoore with that art..For if ye doon, youre thrift is goon ful clene.
- (1415) Hoccl.Oldcastle (Hnt HM 111)137 : Lete holy chirche medle of the doctryne Of Crystes lawes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4649 : But in causes he coude medle wele, And in þe lawe ful depe he dide fele.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4714 : We do but halt..Þat medle of makyng..Whan we wolde his stile counterfet.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1262 : Trouthe durst nat medle; abak stood rihtwisnesse.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)50.734 : I ne wil not Medlen Of these Menne..demeth ȝe what of hem schal be-falle.
- (1450) Paston2.178 : Yff the wydow wolle sylle it..sendyth me utterly word, for I wolle not melle of it ellys thus avysed.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3185 : What list you to do? To melle in þis mater or to meue ferre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9577 : Þe maner is of men þat mellyn with loue To be blyndit with the byt.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)254 : Of caymys kynd come Tubulcan; of metall mellyd he amang.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14717 : Þe ryche wold with no mercy mell bot lyf in lust erly and late.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)15780 : Þat fend þat felos [read: foles] so fels ys named asmodyus. of swylke maters he mels.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)17 : Þe man þat with þis mater melys, Þe autours of his tente he tellis.
- (1463) Stonor1.62 : It must have wytty gydyng, which in no wyse I woll medyll of withoute it be so that ye..be heer.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1114/24 : He that..medelyth with cowardise, never shall he shew jantilnes.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)15 : And if it passe fourtenyght þat he be not hight, neuer nyl I melle.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)34/173 : With what þing þou medele, þou xalt it shende.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)327 : I her a felow speke; wyth hym I wyll not mell.
- c1485(?a1400) Child Bristow (Hrl 2382)66 : That good getyne by marchantye..Ther-with wille y melle.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)260/82 : Syn pilate hase hym tyll vs geyn..let it be seyn how we can with hym mell.
- a1500 *Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)125/1 : Ther was nethir God ne angelle that euir medelid with suche a devilrye or mokkerye.
- a1500 Lord what is (RwlPoet 36)12 : Whan mesure may not medyl in place, Good reule is oute of remembraunce.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)573 : Saynt Frauncis saith in his rewle that the bretherne shold beware that they medle nat with the temporalle goodis of novicis.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2731 : He is coupable that entremetteth hym or medleth with swich thyng as aperteneth nat vn to hym.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.126 : Medle we nauȝt muche with hem to meuen any wrathe, Lest cheste chafen vs.
- a1422 Gild St.Geo.Nrw.(Rwl D.913)448 : No brother presume..to make no maistri, ne for to medle on the day of the feste.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)316/15 : I wil not þat no seculer medle wiþ hem in poneschinge of þeir defautis.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)14506 : Ȝyf a discord were bitwixt þe Bretons, Euere medlande were þe Saxons.
- a1450 Myne awen dere sone (Vsp D.13)332 : Of na mans offyce luke þou mell, Bot þou be ordayned þare souerayne.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2648 : Who makith a fray or stryvith auȝt or mel to much..hath his penaunce forth-with.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.840 : Theise wordis to Petre Crist hymsilf tolde..Medle not of his maysterie; take the to thy crede.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)287/247 : Mefe the not master more if he mell.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)52/102 : Sothly, she and other bodily goodes maketh nigh cosinage; ther never propinquite ne alyaunce in lyve was, ne shulde have be, nere it for her medling maners.
c
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)5690 : Moyses say þei dud hem wronge; Soone he medeled hem amonge; þe herdes fro þe welle drof he.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2060 : Kyng Adrastus wil medle of this matere.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3788 : How Shame gan medle and take hede, Thurgh whom fele angres I have had.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.858 : The parties yat melled for John Lyllyng suld hald yam plesed.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.1746 : Yif neccligence haue brouht you in rerages Towardis God..Lat resoun medle for you to leyn hostages -- Compassioun, merci.
- a1450(1401) For drede (Dgb 102)39 : Or lordis medle in foly degre, Let lawe haue cours in reste and pes.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)124 : And oure lofly Ladi if sche wyl for hym mell, Be mercy and be menys in purgatory he is.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1394 : Þanne medelyth no mornynge But joye is joynyd wyth jentyl gynne.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)699/4 : I meddyl nat of their maters.
- a1475 Against Lollards (Vsp B.16)8 : Þan is my rede..Þat no man melle of lollardrye.
d
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2325 : Many miȝti man manliche medled þat time.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.393 : Thou medlist to haue an interesse Thei that wer oon to brynge hem at discord.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3652 : Thane the marynerse mellys and maysters of chippis, Merily iche a mate menys till oþer.
e
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11429 : Wyld bestes sall with þi body mell, and þi flesch sal be fowles fud.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13141 : He lay seke in his bede..with no kyns medcyns wold he mell, so was þe Angor in wardly.
f
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2503 : He groned for gref & grame; Þe blod in his face con melle.
g
- a1300 Weole þu art (Jes-O 29)8 : Þe poure i londe naueþ no lot wiþ riche for to mele.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)269 : O tyme he comuned & medled wiþ men..Anoþur tyme he lafte þe conuersacion of al worldly men.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)89 : Ouesque lez bonez vous mettray..Wt..goudmen ȝe melde.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)37/28 : I haue ben sor cownseld to leue ȝow & no mor to medyl wyth ȝow.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)240/12 : What wenyst þu for to gon wyth me? Nay, I do þe wel to wetyn I wyl not medelyn wyth þe.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4938 : For alle the soulys of alle the personys..that ever I medlyd with.
- a1500 O mestres (Hrl 2252)28 : But sythe þat ye So strange wylbe As toward me, & wyll not medyll, I truste, percase, to fynde some grace.
h
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)11.93 : He bicom so confoundet he couþe not medle [Trin-C: mele; Antq: spekyn], And as doumbe as a dore drouȝ him asyde.
- a1500 PPl.B (Oriel 79)3.36 : Medelede [Ld: To Mede þe mayde he mellud þis wordes].
2b.
Refl.: (a) to go to work, take action; go about (to do sth.); conduct oneself; ~ among; ~ aboute (of, with), address oneself to (sth.), have to do with, undertake; (b) to interfere, intervene; ~ of (with), interfere with (sb. or sth.); (c) to work (sth.); make use of (sth.); (d) to associate (with sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1719 : Sche melled hire meliors ferst to greiþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2492 : Many man by his miȝt medled him þerafter..þo bestes for to seche.
- (1387) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)93/10 : Þat non of his trewe liges melle hem of suche matirs, but þat oure lord þe kyng..mowe ordeyne þer-of þat him semeth best.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10126 : With no wyse we shul vs medel with coueytyse.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.16 : Þow medlest þe with makynges and myȝtest go sey þi sauter.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)3 : Many on couthen bettere han medled hem of this matere.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Barlaam & J.(Hrl 4196)229/205 : All þaire counsaile he refused And said: omys þai gun þam mell.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)12/11 : After þe licnes of Moyses, of Beseleel, & of Aaron, medeling hem aboute þe Arke of þe Testament, we profite on þre maners in þis grace of contemplacion.
- a1425(?a1400) Penny (Glb E.9)37 : When he bigines him to mell, he makes meke þat are was fell, and waik þat bald has bene.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)45/10 : Al with mawmetes he him melde.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)628 : Kyng Aganippe..Honourd kyng Leir..in worschype he hym held And in hys helpe gretly hym meld.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)26152 : Iacob in eborwik him held, Þe troght to safe yern he him melde.
- (1442) RParl.5.54b : Some haven Shippes of here owne, and some medle hem of freight of Shippes and also beyeth and selleth diverse Merchaundises.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2532 : Hit is propurte for a preste perellis to drede..Melle hym with mekenes.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)18029 : Þe moþer melled hyr euer amang; with murnyng mad sho mery chere.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)12 : He was a lusti man, full amorous, and much medeled hym with loves arte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)10845 : Medle the ryht nouht Tarest pylgrymes by vyolence.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)19393 : And now I oughte a-cursyd be Whanne that I gan medle me To seyne a trouthe agaynes kynde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)148/57 : Þi bryght hevyn þou to-breke and medele þe with a mayde.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5887 : Mervelys you not..Thow Ipomadon was wery, So harde he gan hym to melle!
- a1500 O fresch floure (RwlPoet 36)4 : Me semyth by youre contenaunce ye be wondyr nyce, you for to medyl with any retorucion.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)9696 : And if þou wite he wole do wrong, Medle þe no þing þere among But seie him as wiþ wrethful chere Þat he amende his manere.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1989 : Þen tydez þe none oþer To mefe agayn to masidon & mell [Ashm: meve] þe no forther.
b
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)55/4 : Medel ȝow not of contemplatyues..Lat hem sit in here rest & in here pley.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.901 : I medlid me among..To yiue hym part of gret aduersite.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)37/55 : What mystris þe, in gode or ille, of me to melle þe?
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)347/327 : And sir Pilate medill hym, Youre parte woll be but small.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.203 : The preest of the saide Chaunterie and his successours shall not medle him with the saide landis nor tenementis.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)3392 : Yiff I wolde medle me Towchyng ther cours..ye wolde be ful wroth.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)287/246 : That appentys vnto me..I ment that no mytyng shuld mell hym of this.
c
- a1450 Walton Boeth.(Roy 18.A.13:Hammond)p.48 : Allas, who was þat man þat wold him melle This gold & gemmes þat were keuered þus, Þat first began to myne, I can not telle.
d
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)67/25 : Neuere medlede I me wiþ pleiers.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)3137 : Yf ȝe mell yow with swylke sch[r]ews, in donger sone sall ȝe be [drawn].
2c.
(a) To concern oneself with (sth.); administer (property); eat (sth.); (b) to join with (sth.), link with; ben medled with, be mixed up with (sb.), be associated with; be engaged in (the office of a bishop); (c) to effect (sth.), work, cause.
Associated quotations
a
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 220 : Non of my executours medle or minister any þyng of my godes withoute auis & consent of my surveours.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)735 : Na-þing as a-nente me þou has noȝt to mell.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)646 : When ysac myȝt oght mell, Agar owt can scho dryfe.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)3.311 : Yf ye had never medulled the godes of my maister F.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Cor.5.9 : I wroot to ȝou..that ȝe be not medlid [WB(1): meynd, or comunen not; L commisceamini] with letchours.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)56.518 : Þe ton storie the tothir Medlyth withal.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2524 : Boisil telde With cure of bischop he suld be melde.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)81b/b : Oure lord hath I-medled spirit of gedines, Isyas [Is. 19.14: miscuit in medio eius spiritum vertiginis].
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.10 : Þe mercy of þis fadir can we not telle fulli, for..he cannot worche, but ȝif he medle mercy.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.235 : Þe þridde dower is clerete, þat mote nedis be medlid wiþ liȝt, so þat seintis shynen in heven as clere as þei wolen coveite.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)12/66 : And othir fysch..sum with skale and sum with skell, Of diueris materis more and myn, in sere maner to make and mell.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10967 : Malyce to meue and mell, þat was hyr most desyre.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)456 : Saracenes wiþ oþere sectis holden myche of cristis lawe, but oþere lawis þat þey meddlen maken þis sect displese to god..straunge lawis ben meddlid more vndir oure pope..þan þey ben meddlid in oþere sectis.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)187/19 : Thyn accusementes thou shalt medill euenly and menely wythout empeirement of dignyte.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.78 : He..come..peece and concorde betwixe godde and man for to melle.
3.
Associated quotations
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2059 : Hwan..a leche hauede knawed Þat he hem mouthe..hele, Wel make him gange and ful wel mele.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3270 : Þe cuntre wiþ hem meld, Þai wrouȝt hem wo y nouȝ.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)526 : Vernagu bar boþe..Vnder aiþer arm on..Miȝt þai nouȝt wiþ him mele.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3325 : Þei..hadden gret ioye þa so manli a man wold mele in here side.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.178 : Surgerye ne Fisyke May nouȝte a myte auaille to medle aȝein elde.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9234 : Eyther on other be-gan to hewe..He is a fole, with hem wol mele!
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)938 : I will..mell with this maystermane þat this monte ȝemez.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10095 : Ȝyf y may ought wyþ hem mele, Hand of hand strokes schul dele.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1742 : Slike a nekard as þi-selfe a noȝt of all othire, Is bot a madding to mell with mare þan him-seluen.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5430 : Ilka twelmonth a turne þai turnay to-gedire, Ilkane mellis with his make & so þare many dies.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5669 : Þen was no man agayn to mell [vr. nooman that agayns hym meld], bo[t] playn pece in ylka place.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12055 : Gud Ely..with Eunoke..with Antecryst sall þe mete and mell.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)612/23 : Yett sholdyst thou beware with whom thou medelyst.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6134 : I saw neuer that day sithe I was born..That euer I medled with soo good a knyght.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)570 : He..com with his suerde in honde..and be-gonne to medle and to scirmyssh strongely.
- a1500 Tydynges I bryng (BodPoet e.1)3 : Tydynges I bryng ȝow..What me in wyld forest befell, Whan me must with a wyld best mell -- With a bor so bryme.
4.
(a) To join sexually, have sexual intercourse; ~ with; (b) to have sexual relations with (sb.); -- also refl.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)290b/b : Þe leonesse medleþ in lecchery wiþ þe pard.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.335 : Alle other bestes Medled nouȝte wyth here makes þat with fole were.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)23/25 : Sche askyd hir husbond what was þe cawse þat he had not medelyd wyth hir viij wekys be-for, sythen sche lay wyth hym euery nygth in hys bedde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1398,1401 : Thou schost medlen with non mannes compenye..as often as he with ȝow medlyd so, he put jt anon jn Scripture.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)63/29 : Hit sempte vnto hym in his slepe þat he medled fleschely with his owne moder.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)86.3 (v.2:p.100) : Whilom in Rome duellid a worthy matrone clepid Aglaes, whos stiward, hight Bonifacius, a certeyn tyme medlid with hir vnleeffully [L (Acta Sanctorum 14 May (May v.3 (1680):281A)): commiscebatur cum ea in peccato].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)991/2 : And in the same tyme that they medled togydirs, Abell was begotyn.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)202/71 : A tall man with here doth melle; the wey in to hyre chawmere..he toke.
- a1500 Lady Prioress (Hrl 78)p.109 : The young knyght be-thought hym mervelously wythe lady for to melle.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)713 : Iffe I medlyd with siche..hit myght be called 'pyte manerles'.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)79 : Of hys wyfe toke he no ryfe, Tyl at þe laste goddys aungyll..seyd 'adam, god wyll þow mell And dele more ȝyt with þi wyfe.'
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)964 : Who hath þee unclene ikept sithen I comme fro þee? Þou haste medled amis, methynk by thy chere.
b
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)24/19 : 'Wel,' he seyd, 'þan schal I medyl ȝow a-geyn.'
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10811 : Wemen allone Withouten mon, owther make, to medill hom with.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)160/5 : Þe lecchoure hath leuere mellen hym wyth leccherous wommen..þan wyth grete clerkys in þe clene ryvere of holy wrytt.
5.
(a) To include (sth. in a book, in a diet); ppl. medled, contained; (b) ppl. in literal transl. of L lita: annointed.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)326a/b : In him is no might ymedlid þat may be chaunged.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)2a/a : He wrote many bokes, yn which he medled many þinges of Cirurgie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)92a/a : I medle to hem in her mete stiptic fruytez as ar citonia, i. quensez, & mespilez.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.2.4 : Loues wiþoute sourdow spreynt wiþ oile & þerfe cakes medled [WB(2): bawmed; L lita] wiþ oile.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1467) in Black Leathersellers33 : [Item..in the dressing of their wares, the ware wrought of one manner leather be not] medled [with the ware wrought of an other manner leather..but that the ware wrought of one manner leather..be dressed alonely upon it self].
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 1.
Note: Gloss: to mix (different commodities) together, either in the course of their preparation or afterwards.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)105/18 : Formyca is an euel pustle..Wherof þer ben two spices..Þat oþer..is made of more gret colre, in so moche þat it semede..flewme to be medled to colre.
Note: Needed for phrase: sense 1.(a) has bold-faced phrase ~ to, but no examples.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)129/5 : Otheris sayde that the grecanys..ne shold not be scomfite, forthy so few Pepill wolde not meld in battail, but a-noone thay wolde be al fallynge dovne, and take of the gastnys Of So grete an hoste.
Note: New form: Also..meld.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 2a.(c) (to the bold-faced phrase ~ of (in)).
Note: Gloss: to engage in (battle) take part in.
- (?c1440) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12078 : Item it is ordand..that noon of the said craft shal make no capez of webb garn nother blew ne meld nor noon other collour.
Note: Additional quot. for sense 1b.(c).
Note: Slip originally found under medle n.(2) and moved here.
Note: Could be variously construed as p.ppl. of medlen v. or as oddly spelled variant of medlē adj., or possibly even as medlē n.(2).
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- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)102b/b : Euel þat is componed of contraries schal be heled wiþ componed medicines..aȝeynes an hote cause, nediþ colde medicine; & aȝeines colde, nediþ hote meticine; aȝeines medlid cause, nediþ medlid medicynes.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 1b.(a)
Note: Revise gloss: (a) having a mixed constitution, compound.--all supplement notes per MLL
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- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 80/27 : Worke redde on blewe and þat ys murrey. Redd on grene and þat ys medylte, yelow and blewe and þat is grene.
Note: New spelling (p.ppl.) = medilte. ?Prob. sense 1b.(a) or (c).
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 264/11 : Take þat þat ys meldit yn the dysche an put yt yn the watyr and styr hyt well aboute.
Note: New spelling (p.ppl) = meldit. Postdates sense 1a.(a).
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- a1525 BodEMus.52 Artist.Recipes (BodEMus 52) 188/30 : Take .j. li. sal armonak, and .j. li. vertegres, mele þem sotell with veneger and put þem in a glase, and put it in a fornese with hote asches.
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 263/1 : To wryte with gold. [T]ake ardemont and mel hyt with wyneger on a ston, and wryt with, and hyt schal be fyne.
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 263/33 : Take di. vnce of wyte coperose, and di. vnce of alyme, and salpetyr..and yf þu wylt haue thy skyn rennynge, take to hanfullys of rye mell, and then mell all thes togedyr smal, and then cast them yn warme watyr and styr hyt well abowt.
Note: Postdates senses 1a. ?Sense of 'To blend, mix' here, possibly combined with that of 'To grind, pulverize'. Cf. MED mollen v., sense (d).