"mede" meaning in Middle English

See mede in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛːd(ə)/, /mɛːθ/ Forms: med [alternative], meed [alternative], meeth [alternative], meode [alternative], meth [alternative], methe [alternative], meþ [alternative], meþe [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|medu}} Old English medu, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*medu}} Proto-West Germanic *medu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*meduz}} Proto-Germanic *meduz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*médʰu}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰu, {{cog|non|mjǫðr}} Old Norse mjǫðr Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mede, {{enm-noun|-}} mede (uncountable)
  1. mead (alcoholic beverage) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun-enm:mead__beverage_ Categories (other): Alcoholic beverages, Money Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 91 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Money: 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛːd(ə)/, /ˈmeːd(ə)/ Forms: medes [plural], med [alternative], meed [alternative], meede [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English mǣd, mēd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō; the form is from the Old English oblique cases, but with the nominative's lack of -w- leveled in. Doublet of medwe, which retains the -w-. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mǣd}} Old English mǣd, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*mādu}} Proto-West Germanic *mādu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mēdwō}} Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, {{doublet|enm|medwe}} Doublet of medwe Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mede, {{enm-noun|medes}} mede (plural medes)
  1. meadow, clearing Synonyms: medwe Related terms: medewax, medewort
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun-enm:meadow Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Money Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 34 8 14 2 9 2 12 Disambiguation of Money: 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈmeːd(ə)/
Etymology: From the oblique forms of Old English mēd, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|mēd}} Old English mēd, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*miʀdu}} Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mede, {{enm-noun|medes|pl2=meden|pl2_qual=early}} mede (plural medes or (early) meden) Forms: medes [plural], meden [error-unknown-tag, plural], med [alternative], meed [alternative], meede [alternative], meid [alternative], meide [alternative], meode [alternative], mide [alternative], miede [alternative]
  1. A monetary reward; earnings:
    gift, present
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun-enm:reward
  2. A monetary reward; earnings:
    salary, payment
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun-enm:reward1 Categories (other): Money, Taxation Disambiguation of Money: 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 16 Disambiguation of Taxation: 5 5 13 46 5 15 5 6
  3. charge, fee
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun-SuDf6k3t
  4. (just or deserved) reward, consequence
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun-G6R~4eEc
  5. (moral) benefit, value
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-noun--3wV1MLG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: medeful, medefully, meden
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} mede
  1. Alternative form of meden (“to reward”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: meden (extra: to reward)
    Sense id: en-mede-enm-verb-B4RdxBOl Categories (other): Money Disambiguation of Money: 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4 Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "meþ",
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          "english": "And the nations were furious; then your fury came. It is time for the dead to be judged, to give rewards to your servants, prophets, saints, and those who fear your name, both small and large, and to destroy those who destroyed the Earth.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 11:18, page 121r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ folkis ben wrooþ · ⁊ þi wraþþe cam · ⁊ tyme of deed men to be demed · ⁊ to ȝelde meede to þi ſeruauntis ⁊ pꝛophetis ⁊ halowis ⁊ dꝛedynge þi name · to ſmale ⁊ to grete / ⁊ to diſtrie hem þat coꝛrumpiden þe erþe",
          "type": "quote"
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːd(ə)/"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "english": "And the nations were furious; then your fury came. It is time for the dead to be judged, to give rewards to your servants, prophets, saints, and those who fear your name, both small and large, and to destroy those who destroyed the Earth.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 11:18, page 121r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ folkis ben wrooþ · ⁊ þi wraþþe cam · ⁊ tyme of deed men to be demed · ⁊ to ȝelde meede to þi ſeruauntis ⁊ pꝛophetis ⁊ halowis ⁊ dꝛedynge þi name · to ſmale ⁊ to grete / ⁊ to diſtrie hem þat coꝛrumpiden þe erþe",
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