"meden" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Etymology: From mede (“reward”) + -en (plural ending). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|mede|-en|id1=reward|id2=noun plural|pos2=plural ending|t1=reward}} mede (“reward”) + -en (plural ending) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} meden
  1. (Early Middle English) plural of mede (“reward”) Tags: Early-Middle-English, form-of, plural Form of: mede (extra: reward) Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-meden-enm-noun-Xs3~zQy0 Disambiguation of Money: 41 11 49 Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (noun plural) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (noun plural): 65 12 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈmeːdən/
Etymology: From Old English *mēdian (“to reward, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdōn (“to reward”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to reward}}, {{inh|enm|ang|*mēdian||to reward, bribe}} Old English *mēdian (“to reward, bribe”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*miʀdōn||to reward}} Proto-West Germanic *miʀdōn (“to reward”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} meden, {{enm-verb|stem=med}} meden (third-person singular simple present medeth, present participle medende, medynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle meded) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|med}} Forms: medeth [present, singular, third-person], medende [participle, present], medynge [participle, present], meded [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], meden [infinitive], to meden [infinitive], mede [infinitive], mede [first-person, present, singular], meded [first-person, past, singular], medest [present, second-person, singular], mededest [past, second-person, singular], medeth [present, singular, third-person], meded [past, singular, third-person], mede [present, singular, subjunctive], meded [past, singular, subjunctive], mede [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], meden [plural, present], mede [plural, present], mededen [past, plural], medede [past, plural], medeth [imperative, plural, present], mede [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], medynge [participle, present], medende [participle, present], meded [participle, past], ymeded [participle, past], meeden [alternative], medyn [alternative], medi [alternative], mede [alternative]
  1. to reward, gift Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-meden-enm-verb-XNYu6XWF Disambiguation of Money: 41 11 49
  2. to bribe (reward monetarily) Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-meden-enm-verb-HKsB-ggC Disambiguation of Money: 41 11 49 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 33 13 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "extra": "reward",
          "word": "mede"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of mede (“reward”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mede",
          "mede#Middle_English:_reward"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Early Middle English) plural of mede (“reward”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meden"
}

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