Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆nǧen v.
Entry Info
Forms | mē̆nǧen v. Also mē̆ngen, meng(e, menggen, mengi, miengen, meingen, ming(e(n & (early) mengc, mængen, mong & (errors) mang, meg, megc. Forms: sg. 2 mē̆nǧest, mingest & (early) mē̆niest; sg. 3 mē̆nǧeth, etc. & (early) mē̆nǧet, meinþ; p. mē̆nǧed(e, etc. & mē̆nǧet, mī̆nǧet, mē̆nked, mē̆nchide, mē̆ngde, mē̆ngte, meingde, meinde, meinte & (early) mæingde, mēnde, maingde, mæinde & (error) mengeg; ppl. mē̆nǧed(e, mē̆nǧet, meinǧed, mī̆nǧed, mī̆nǧet, mē̆ngd(e, mē̆ngt, mē̆nked, mē̆nkte, mē̆nid, meinghid, meingd, meined, meind(e, meint(e, mainet, maint, mī̆nde, meincte & (error) menlte. |
Etymology | OE mengan, mængan; ppl. gemenged, gemēnde, Nhb. gemenceð ( = gemenced) & LOE gemincged. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To mix (sth. with sth. else), mingle; add (sth. to sth. else); ~ with (in, of, amonges, among with); (b) to mix (two or more things) together, blend; ~ togeder (tosamen, in fere); (c) to blend (one quality, emotion, attitude, etc., with others); also, temper (one emotion, etc., with another), allay, moderate; combine (two qualities, emotions, etc., together); taint (a word with sin); ~ with (to, among with, togeder); (d) to intersperse (sth., prayers, meditation, etc., among others), intermingle (discrete things); spread, sprinkle, scatter; conflate (one text with another); interject (sth. into one's discourse); alternate (ornaments); ~ with (among, amonges, to, in, emelle); (e) to temper (words, feelings), moderate; (f) of air: to be mixed together, be compressed; of things: blend together, blend with (sth.); fig. be in harmony, agree; (g) ppl. menged, blended, mingled.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)16/17 : Swa hwæt swa he eta, mengc wiþ þane wætan.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)76.20/7 : Ȝenim þeos wyrt..meng þarto sum dal seltes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15530 : Ȝif mon funde..æi cniht bærn..& nomen of his blode, & mengde [Otho: meinde] wið þan lime, [etc.].
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)283 : Aisille surest alre drinch menged wið galle.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)425 : He scholde nime of þat watur..And, ȝif him þouȝte þare were to luyte, with oþur watur it Mienge.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3581 : He..stired it al to dust..And mengde in water..And gaf ðat folc drinken ðat drof.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.61 : At þe trumpyng of þe first Aungel is made hayl wiþ fyre menged [vrr. meynd, meynt, menid, minged, meyngid] wiþ blood.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.2.41 : Thou hast seen yren meynt of [WB(2): meynd with] cleye and tyel.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 13.1 : Galilees, whos blood Pilat myngede with the sacrificis of hem.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4049 : Warm melk sche putte also therto, With hony meynd.
- ?c1400 Cursor (Arms 57)18019 : Eysel I made hem menge [Ld: meng] wiþ galle.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.51 : The first angel..hayl and fier he myngit with blood; he sendith to the erthe.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)618 : Wiþ wepyng I mengide my drink among.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)8056 : Þai salle bryn in fyre..Þat salle be menged with bronstane.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)170a/b : Ȝif þer be take..þe iuse of diteine..& menged wiþ þes forseid pouders, it consoudeþ olde sores.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)332 : Mengyn, idem quod medelyn.
- a1450(1414) Whanne alle a kyngdom (Dgb 102)63 : For mede wiþ poyson sotyly is maynt.
- a1450 Godys sone þat (Dc 126)27 : Eysel meynt wiþ galle, þey bedyn hym y-wys.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)101/25 : Þai dranke blode of bestes mengyd [Meth.(1): medled] with mylk.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)100 : The wolle of Spayne, hit cometh not to preffe But if it be..menged well Amonges Englysshe wolle the gretter delle.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1560 : Wex sumdel caste þertoo; Talwȝ and grese menge alsoo.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)458 : Bromstone..And pykke & terre mengede þer In, Þay slange in þe fire.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12472 : The clere aire ouercast..With mystes full merke mynget with showres.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)7/2 : Meynge þis brennynge watir þus giltid wiþ oure quinte essence.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)114/20 : Whit colour mengyd with Reed & brown.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8591 : Þe humours..Þat þe stomak draweþ vntille..With þe mete þei menge hem alle.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)70.9/1 : Nim þat dust & huniȝ, megc tosomne.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)110.83/8 : Nim þeos wyrt, seod on wine..meg eal tosomne.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)43/17 : Nim..ane sculla fulle and tweȝra æȝersculle fulle wynes, and meng eall togadere.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)468 : Of irin, of golde, siluer, and bras To sundren and mengen wis he was.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1522 : Þe gyewes mengde vynegre & galle.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.8.7 : Hayl is maad, and fijr mengid [vrr. meyned, meynt; WB(2): meynd; L mista] to gydere in blood.
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)xii : Put alle þise þinges togidres and menge [Vsp: medle] hem vponn þe fyre and stere hem wele.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)187b/a : Stampe þe rotis & þe erbis smalle, do þer to..butter, menge alle wele to gidere.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.851 : Tin and lede was menged todedyr.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)332 : Menlte [vr. menkte], or medelyd: Mixtus.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.350 : Thow maist..lyme & grauel mynge & therof make [flooring].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.939 : Oyldregges, water mynge, Ylyche of eyther.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)121 : Colouris..ben maad of liȝt and derkenes mengid to gidere.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)276 : Rose and lileis togedir were..meint So egalli.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)592 : Arestotle..was a fyne philozophire..to graythe..golde..And menge his metalles and make fyne siluere.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.31 : Take droppyng of capone..With wyne and mustarde..With onyons smalle..Meng alle in fere and forthe hit messe.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)83 : Take blewe and ȝelowe, and menge hem welle togedyre.
- a1485 *Hrl.1735 Cook.Recipes (Hrl 1735)113 (f.17r) : Do þerto pouder of galingale, reysinngs of corance, quybybes, & soden peres, & schere hem, & cast hem þerinne, & mong alle togydre.
c
- a1300 Loue is a selkud (Dc 139)4 : Loue..þe idel mon ledeth by wildernesse..And with lomful sorwes menget his blithnesse.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)281/128 : Þou most þine wratþe mienge with milce and with ore.
- c1300 The milde Lomb (Arun 248)39 : Þar-in is blis meind with wepinge.
- a1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)58 : My murþe is al wiþ mournyng meind.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)166 : His rightwisenesse is now menged with mercy.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)27273 : Queþer þai þaire mister lelli do & mengis ani gile þer-to.
- a1400 Ihesu þat al þis (Mert 248)9 : Dauid sone, þat mengeþ merci wiþ riȝt, haue merci on me.
- a1400 Rolle Encom.Jesu (Hrl 1022)186 : I sauour noght Ioy þat with Ihesu es noght mengyd.
- a1450 Love Mirror [OD col.] (Yale 324)f.25 : We mowe fynd in all his lyfe prosperite and aduersytee menged [vr. i-menged] to gyder.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.17 : Fortune..Hath with her myrthe meynt aduersite.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1920 : Men..myghte se Bothe gret anoy, and eke swetnesse And joie meynt with bittirnesse.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)392/849 : For pees and riht, with mercy meynt among, Conserue a kyng in his estat most strong.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.47 : Hir [Fortune's] habit was of manyfold colours..A pretens red: dreed meynt with hardynesse.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2366 : Þanne suffered he That þei schuld menge here rigoure with charite.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3571 : I menge wyth my most myth Alle pes, sum treuthe, and sum ryth, And most of my mercy.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)193/10 : Meng þi rightwusnes with mercie.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)193 : Wiþ þi riȝt, lord, mercy mynge [vr. meenge].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)48 : Lyk pylgrymes ye passe..Whos Ioye ys euere meynt A-mong with wo.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.43 : Alle my woordys be waxe derk, For thei be mynged with dedly synne.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1959 : Þo handlede he oþur bred and let menge hit..Wit oþur bred þat lai bi-side.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.28.33 : Lytyll bellys mengid [WB(2): medlid; L mixtis] so þat þe lytyll bell be gold & apown garned & eftsones anoþer lytyll golden bell & apown garnett.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.1 Par.(Bod 959)21 : In þe making of þe seuenti, he mengde þe making of theodociown.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)9.12 : Orygene, þe whych to old translacioun meyngide [WB(2): medlide] þe translacioun of theodocyon.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.15.2 : I siȝe as a glasen se mengid [WB(2): meynd] with fijr.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26963 : Þe soth to hel for nakin thing To meng wit þi scrift lesing.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)405 : If mony oostis, sacrid and unsacrid were mengid togedir, [etc.].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1275 : Many medowe grene, With sondri floures amonge þe herbes meynt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.966 : Þe sonne schon Vp-on þe gold meynt among þe stoon.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 18.4 : Euermore in his saynge he menged ande sette [L interponens] þo name of Iesu.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.852 : Yai fand..ij barels of new made osmundes of drosse menged with gude osmundes.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)6/7 : Þer gude dedys full few with many ill dedis ar mengyd.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)406 : Forto..menge schorte clausulis..of preiyng wiþ schort clausulis..of preising.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1062 : Medowes & mounteyns myngit with ffloures.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)18014 : For god, my mayster most of mayn, wyll meng his mercy euer omell with his seruandes þat ere here slayn.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.46/18 : A pare bedys of gold meynghid with corall.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)204/28 : In þe first euensong of friday..þou schalt fynde þe pater noster wel mengid wiþ oþire wordis, and wiþ doubling and trebling of peticioun.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)211/16 : Þou schalt stertmele and bi litil whilis menge þese maters to gider.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)537 : I xall menge hys corne wyth drawke and wyth durnell.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)642 : Fortune is fals; hir sonne is meynte with reyn.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)878 : The Passyon of Cryst ys meynt vs among, And that ys in dyspyte of hys infernall tene.
e
- (1445) ?Bokenham Claudian CS (Add 11814)273/179 : With sobirnes thi sporteful wordis arn meyncte & by discrecion.
- c1460 To you beholders (Dub 432)11 : Lat abstinence menge youre desire.
f
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9952 : Þe leme o light ai lendes neu, þat menges wit þaa colurs heu.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12495 : A myste & a merkenes myngit to-gedur; A thoner and a thicke rayne þrublet in the skewes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)79a : To Menge:..concinnare.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)5270 : Whan þe foule is a-lofte..Wiþ þe warping of his winge He doth þe eir forto mynge And wexiþ þicke, and he is light And þat him holdeþ in his flight.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8611 : Þat swoot mengeþ wiþ the pisse, And þerfore also salt it isse.
g
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)823 : Þenne is þes hundes smel for do; He not þurh þe Meynde smak Hweþer he schal vorþ þe abak.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)264 : Þat þe lyf of Marie and Martha menged togedere is acordyng to hem þat are in hiȝ degre.
- a1425 Worldes blys haue (Corp-C 8)12 : Þi feyre neb was al bi-spet, wit spot and blod meynd al by-wet.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.851 : For stuthes of xxxiij gyrdels of menged metaill.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)242 : The iiij elementis binethe, with alle the mengid bodies maad of hem.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)83 : Take meyned floure and drawe the eiren and the floure thorgh a streynour.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)79a : Mengyd: mixtus.
2.
(a) To prepare (a mixed drink), mix (a drink, potion); mix in (water with wine); ~ dronkeshipe, be drunken; ppl. menged, as noun: a mixed drink; (b) to brew up (trouble, mischief); (c) to blend (a mixture, ointment); blend (flour into a dough); (d) in phrases with ppl.: menged with, composed of a blend of, containing a blend of, characterized by; menged in, blended in; menged twene, containing a blend of.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17739 : Appas eoden in ænne bur & þat balu mæinde [Otho: meingde] & dude þer to atter.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.149 : Þe drynk þat hij mengen to þee, menge hem dubble.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.74.9 : Þe chalis in þe hond of þe lord of cleer wyn ful of mengid [vr. mengd; WB(2): ful of meddling; L plenus misto].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.5.22 : Wo that myȝty ben to drinke wyn, and stronge men to be mengd [WB(2): to meddle; L ad miscendam] drunkynhed.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.14.10 : Putte metis, and meynge [WB(2): meddle] wyne, and shitte the dore.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3533 : He first sett allay on wynys, Meynte water whan they were to strong.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)68/19 : Wo to ȝow that be myghty, to drynke, and stronge men, to menge druncschyp!
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4318 : Anne hird-cniht he hauede, þe aht wes on þen weorede, þe þane balew mæinde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5016 : A, whet wult þu Brenne, whet wult þu balwe menge?
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17659 : Appas eode to bur & þesne balu mæinde [Otho: meynde].
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.18.6 : Menge [WB(2): meddle; L commisce] to gyþer þre half buschels of clene floure & make loues.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.30.35 : Þou schalt make þe made encense with werk of oy[ne]ment making, meyngid [WB(2): meddlid; L mixtum] bysylich & puyr.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 28.24 : Takynge flour, sche mengde it & booc therue loues & putte beforn Saul & his seruauntis.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)625 : Þre mettez of mele menge and ma kakez.
d
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)18841 : His viys somdel with reed was meynd.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6061 : To her goddis..Þei don honour..holdyng a feste day, After her ritis, meynt with love & drede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5265 : Her request is meint with equite.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2296 : For ever of love the siknesse Is meynd with swete and bitternesse.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3049 : As the rose was the rud..Mengit with mesure in hir..face To the lippus ful luffly.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.594 : For sodem [read: sodan] dom, meynt with ignoraunce, Hathe a long tayle sewyng of repentaunce.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)208/6200 : O Fayrist flowre..Whos fresheli coloure meynt twene whit & red.
3.
(a) To join (with sb.), unite; intermingle (among people); unite (sb., oneself, with sb. else), join; unite (prayers with sb.); add (money to other money); ~ to, join in with; (b) to have to do (with sb.), deal, associate; ppl. menged, associated; also, implicated; (c) refl. to involve oneself (with sth.); associate oneself (with sb.); set oneself (against sth.); meng you with mirthe, be happy!; (d) to connect (sth. with sth. else), link; interlock (two serrated edges), mesh; (e) ppl. menged, joined, united.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31911 : No durste heo næuere mængen imong Englisce monnen.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)131 : Al so hit is bi þan ungode Þat is icumen of fule brode & is meind wit fro monne.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)766 : To myenge þe kuynde of heuene to mannes kuynde her.
- a1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)762 : Anne soule of witte and of liue..mengeþ wiþ is wrecche vleiss.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)105.33 : Hij ben meined among folk wyþ-outen lawe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.18.4 : Of anoþer lynage shal not be menged [WB(2): meddlid; L miscebitur] to ȝow.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.14.10 : Þe herte þat knew þe bitternesse of his soule, in ioȝe to hym shal not ben togidere mengd a straungeer.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.144 : Bes boþe at a voice, in one ȝour wille be mynde, To help þe Cristen men.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)119/3 : Þe empericez and þe emperours childer wendez togyder in a company, and þaire men menged owerheued.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)51/32 : God..will be lufyd, þat no man with hym in his lufe be mengyd.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)73/24 : I fled syngars in kyrkis..I lufyd not with þame to menge, & orgone playars I desird not to here.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)8/14 : Þis money at [his] bruther gaff hym, he mengid it with his awn in his merchandice.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)prol.3 : With aungels whaim we may noght here we menge wordis of louynge.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)105.33 : Thai ere mengid amange genge & thai lerid the werkis of thaim.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)7426 : Sithen that hit [Christ's body] in godhede was wit mon-hede maynet.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)361 : And ones in the moneth with Phebus was she meynt.
b
- a1325 SLeg.Theoph.(Corp-C 145)63 : Þeruore ichelle of þe be siker ar ich mengi [Ld: mongy] wiþ þe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.20.3 : Foolis shul ben mengd with wronge blamyngis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.5.9 : I wroot to ȝou..that ȝe be not meynd [vr. meyngd; WB(2): medlid; L commisceamini], or comunen not, with lecchours.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19271 : Fra þan durst naman wit þam meng Bot þat wald wit þam lele leng.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.5.9 : Be not mengyd with fornycatours.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)252 : Thouȝ it be leeful..for to haue the seid vce of ymagis..ȝit we seen so manye viciose gouernauncis mengid ther with or comyng forth therfro, [etc.].
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)109 : Lok þat ȝe be not men kyd wiþ him, þat he be counfoundid.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)24.19 : Se with a blithe eghe..my trauaile, that i suffire ill manerd men be mengid with me.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Tob.3.17 : Clene I haue kept my soule fro alle lust, neuer with pleyeres I mengde me.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.18.6 : Þe lippis of þe fool shul mengen þemself with striues.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Eccl.7.30 : God made man riȝt, & he hymself mengde with questiouns withoute ende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9635 : He has him menged [Trin-C: meued] gain merci, Ded he aght to thole for-þi.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19930 : Vr lagh for-bedes Meng us wit ani oþer ledes.
- a1400 Wycl.MPl.(Add 24202)47 : Nevere with pleyeris y myngid me mysilfe.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)166/1 : Moste myghty mahowne meng you with myrth.
d
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3632 : Ane helme betyn Mengede with a mawntelet of maylis of siluer.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)19a/b : Alle þese foure aforseid bonys ben ioyned togideris as tweyne sawis meynginge togideris þeir teeþ eiþir in oþer, and þat wiþouten ony ligament.
e
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.4.2 : The word herd profitide not to hem, not meynt [vr. mengyd; L admistus] to feith of these thingis that thei herden.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1720 : Thenne watz hit..list to lyþen þe houndez When alle þe mute hade hym met, menged togeder.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8076 : Swylk manere of spyrites..Som what tak þey of mannes kynde & mengyt wyþ angles.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)87 : Doing a vowtri..and al oþer mengid to gidre, blud, mansleyng, þeft, feyning, corrupcoun, vnfeiþfulnes..and vnchastite.
4.
(a) To marry; join (sb. with another) in mixed marriage; ~ blod, (mariage, sed), intermarry; (b) to copulate; couple (one sexual partner to another); ~ with (to); refl. copulate.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)544 : He chosen hem wiwes of caym And mengten wið waried kin.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1592 : He [Esau] beð mengt ðat kin among; If iacob toke her also a wif, Ne bode ic no lengere werldes lif.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)989 : In þis manere, picars mid scottes mengd hor blod.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)484 : He lete cristen wedde haþen & meynt our blod, as flesche & matþen.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.21.15 : Ne menge he þe lynage of his kynde to þe comunte of his peple.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.23.12 : Ȝe wolyn drawe to..þese gentylys..& wiþ hem menge mariagys & frendshepis couple.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Esd.9.2 : Þei tooken of þe doȝtres of hem to hem & to þer sones wijues, & þei mengden holi seed with þe puples of londes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.8.71 : Þei ben ioyned to þe doȝtris of hem, & þei & þer sonys; & þe holi seed is mengd togidere to þe heþene folc of þe lond.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.18.22,23 : Wiþ amale þou shalt not be menged by manere of goynge to gederys wiþ womman..awomman shal not vnder-ligge to a beest ne shal be menged to hit.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26253 : O man þat menges him wit best [Frf: mengis wiþ vnkindeli best] For his flexs lust to ful-fill, He sal be sent þe biscop till.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)337 : Ay þou meng wyth þe malez þe mete hobestez.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)12/75 : Þane fysch and foulis sere kyndely I ȝow commande To meng on ȝoure manener [read: mannere] both be se and sande.
5.
(a) To engage (men, armies, oneself) in battle; (b) to engage in battle; ~ with (among), fight against; ~ togeder, come to blows, fight at close quarters.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Libeaus (LinI 150:Kaluza)74/1337 : He is þritty fote o lengþe..Sir Libeaus, well beþenk þe Þat þou wiþ him ne meng þe.
- ?a1425 Glo.Chron.B (Dgb 205)1121 : Mengyd [A: Þo hii were þoru out imengd mid suerd & mid mace].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6538 : A-mong Gregeis whan thei were menged, Thei schotte many thorow bak and brest.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6546 : There mynget þai þere men, machit hom togedur; Mony dedly dint delt hom amonge.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5690 : Moyses sagh þai did þam wrang, And son he mengeg [Frf: blende; Göt: mengid; Trin-C: medeled] þam amang; þe hirdes fra þe wel did he.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)7456 : Quar es nu saul king? And i miht anis wid him ming..I suld him sla.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.298 : Sir Marmeduk..With þe Scottis gan he menge, & stifly stode in stoure.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4173 : Now mellis oure medill-warde and mengen togedire.
6.
(a) To disturb (sb. in mind), confuse, trouble, anger; (b) intr. & refl. to become stirred up in mind, become disturbed or angry; be confused; of the air: become agitated and stormy; in dwele menginge, confused in a trance, being lost in revery; (c) ~ blod, to stir up someone's passions; also, agitate one's own feelings; ~ mi blod, provoke me [quot.: a1325]; ~ mod, disturb the mind or feelings, cloud the mind, anger, confuse; also, disturb one's own mind, worry; also, stimulate the mind or feelings, rouse the spirits; menged mod, madness; (d) to mix up (one's wares) in confusion; ?shuffle (arrows) for divination; ~ chaunces, produce a confused sequence of chance events.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6537 : He wex sua menged in his mode þat he cuth sai ne il ne gode.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10853 : Maria, quarfor es þou madd? Es þe na nede to be radd; þou be noght menged in þi mode Bot ai þin hope steddfast and gode.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14385 : Þir werkes þat he wroght o gode þe Iues menged [Frf: menked] in þair mode.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19710 : Sua fast þe Iuus he witstod þat sar he menged þam in mod.
- a1425 NPass.(Cmb Gg.5.31)77/746 : He was full mengid in hys mude.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3407 : Wa wes him on liue; his mod him gon mengen [Otho: mengi]; he morȝnede swiðe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)167/18 : Lazre..o hwam ure lauerd weop as þe godspel teleð, & risede & mengde [Cleo: mende] him seoluen & ȝeide lude up on him ear he him arearde.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)71/18 : Ȝwane þe dede slep him ouer-eode, þat he ne miȝte no leng gon, his heued he wolde legge a-doun..Ope one grece bifore þe Auter..And liggen ane stounde in dweole Miengyngue -- al is slep scholde beon so.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8804 : Þe king o þis tre vnder-stode; Almast menged him his mode.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27770 : In mining of his mistime, He wites wend and waris his time, And sua he mengges him wit ire Þat brennes mans mede als fire.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27739 : Wreth es noght bot a brath on fall In heuy hert mengid with gall.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)452/132 : What saie ȝe men? allas! for tene, I trowe ȝe mang.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3689 : The heuyn..hepit with cloudis, Wex merke as þe mydnight; mengit þe ayre.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14368 : Þe wurse wes þer ful neh, þe in ælche gomene is ful ræh..he mæingde þas kinges mod.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)148/7 : Lazre..on hwam ure louerd weop..and grisbatede, and meingde his blod, & gredde lude up on him.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)945 : Wraþþe meinþ þe horte blod Þat hit floþeþ so wilde flod.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)54 : Helde..Of blisse þe [read: þu] makest me skere, þe [read: Þu] meniest al mi blod.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)698 : Yef i haue ocht seid bote gode, Withȝ wrong mengest [vr. myngyst] þou mi blod.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1173 : Ich haue..a malady Þat mengeþ al mi blod..Y nold nouȝt touche þi bodi bare.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2259 : Sua he mengud þam þair mode þat naman oþer vndirstode.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7420 : He es ai vte o wite als wode; Hu sal we meke his menged mode?
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1739 : Sorow wil meng a mans blode And make him forto wax wode.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3701 : Þir wordes menged al þe mode Of Sir Ywain.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1327 : The mayden mengede his mode With myrthes at þe mete.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)107 : To putte hys good in gouernaunce, he mengyth hys mod.
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)51 : The ȝonge childe in studie stood..Conscience mengid his mood, 'Mi fair childe, what hast þou þouȝt?'
- c1475 There stood (Trin-C R.3.21)34 : Gabryell gret me all with grace, And all with myrthe he myngyd my mode.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)994 : Full swettely lokyd he me vppon, That mynges thus all my mode.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)8495 : What man dothe this ring know..shuld be his brother trowe; That grettly menchyde his mode.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)41/31 : Thus, for thai menged my lordis mode, he vengid syn thrugh his pauste.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)271/437 : Gabriell..thi wordys that were so swete, Bot now thay meng my moode.
d
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.362 : Lened for loue of þe wedde..And menged his marchaundyse and made a gode moustre.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.21.21 : The kyng of Babiloyne stode in the metynge of two weies, sechynge dyuynacioun, mengynge [WB(2): medlide; L commiscens] arowis.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.288 : This water þus enplyeth and be-lappeth, Thus mengyng many chaunces fortunelle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Cmb.Dd.6.29 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.6.29) 70/8 : Bewar þat þou do not ouermekel gleyr þerto, for þen hit wol be to stif, þerfor meengiþ þam wiþ descrecion.
Note: New spelling (meengiþ).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.33vb (2.3) : An emitrice is as mykel for to saie os a menket febre.
Note: Additional quot. New spelling (ppl.) = menket. Editor's gloss: 'mixed'.