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medume

  • adjective
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medume, medeme, meodume; adj.
middling, moderate, common
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  • Medeme

    mediocer,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18
    • ;
    • Som. 9, 67.
  • Gif hwylc man forstele deórwurþe þing ... Gif hwylc man medeme þing (

    rem mediocrem

    )

    stele,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 25
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 192, 17-20.
occupying the middle or mean position as regards
size, amount, etc.
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  • Medume leódgeld

    a half fine

    (cf.

    medietas leudis,

    and other examples,
    • Grmm. R. A. 653
    • ),
    • L. Ethb. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 4, 9: 21
    • ;
    • Th. i. 8, 3.
  • Hé hæfþ medemne wæstm

    he is of middle height,

    • Homl. Th. i. 456, 18.
  • Heáfdu medumra manna

    heads of average, ordinary men,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 525
    • ;
    • Sal. 262.
  • Gehwar gebúrrihta sýn hefige, gehwar medeme (

    moderate

    ),
    • L. R. S. 4
    • ;
    • Th. i. 434, 5.
  • Se mǽsta segl acateon; se medemesta segl

    epidromas; se lesta dalum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 51-53.
place, rank, means:
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  • -- Medemra þegna heregeata

    the medial thanes' heriots,

    • L. C. S. 72
    • ;
    • Th. i. 414, 12.
  • Ic tǽhte ðám rícan ... ic tǽhte ðám medeman mannum ... Ic bebeád þearfum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 378, 20.
  • Heáfodmynstres griþbryce ... medemran mynstres ... and ðonne git læssan,

    • L. Eth. ix. 5
    • ;
    • Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 360, 21.
  • Ðæs medemestan lífes

    (the life mid-way between the best and worst,

  • cf.

    mon forlǽt ðæt wyrreste líf and ne mæg git cuman tó ðæm betstan,

    • 10
    • ),
    • Past. 51, 6
    • ;
    • Swt. 399, 15.
age :
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  • -- Mínre yldstan déhter ... ðære medemestan ... ðære gingstan,

    • Chart. Th. 488, 28-32: 489, 23-25.
observing the just mean, perfect, meet, fit, worthy
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  • Hé wæs þurh eall meodum (MS. B. medeme: MS. O. medum)

    erat dignus per omnia,

    • Bd. 4, 3
    • ;
    • S. 567, 19.
  • Meoduma,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 37.
  • Hwelc se beón scolde ðe medome (

    dignus

    )

    hierde bión sceolde,

    • Past. 11, 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 73, 20, Medeme, Blickl. Homl. 129, 35.
  • Hé wyrþ ǽlces cræftes medeme (

    fit for, capable of

    )

    ... ǽlces þinges swá medeme swá hé ǽfre medemast (medomist,

      MS
    • . Cott.
    • ),
    • Bt. 38, 5
    • ;
    • Fox 206, 25-29.
  • Hwylc ðæt medeme gód wæs hwylc ðæt unmedeme

    quæ sit imperfecti, quæ perfecti boni forma,

    • 35, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 134, 4.
  • Medeme fæsten

    a proper fast,

    • L. E. I. 39
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 436, 35.
  • Medeme lác,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 32.
  • Ful medomne wæstm,

    • 55, 5.
  • Drihtne tó geearnienne medome folc (

    'a prepared people,'

    • Lk. 1, 17
    • ),
    • 165, 15.
  • Ne gedéþ se anweald gódne ne meodumne (MS. Cott. medomne)

    power makes him neither good nor worthy,

    • Bt. 16, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 56, 20.
  • Góde and medeme,

    • Blickl Homl. 129, 23
    • ;
    • 32.
  • Mid medemum wæstmum hreówe

    dignis pænitentia fructibus,

    • Bd. 4, 27
    • ;
    • S. 604, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 3, 8.
  • Medeme þinc

    res dignas,

    • Kent. Gl. 396.
  • Drihten ðú ðe eall medemu geworhtest and náht unmedemes,

    • Shrn. 165, 31.
  • Ne mágon wé nánwuht findan betere (MS. Cott. medemre) ðonne God,

    • Bt. 34, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 138, 26.
  • Nis meodumre ne mára ðonne

    it is not too good nor too great for,

    • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
    • Th. 125, 16
    • ;
    • Gú. 355.
  • Ðæt medemæste

    the best,

    • Bt. 24, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 86, 10.
  • Ða medumestan ealdras

    exspectabiles senatores,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 51.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. metam, metem.
]
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v. un-medume.
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v.  medeme.
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