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† madme Obs.
Forms: 1 máð(ð)um, máðm, mádm, 3 pl. maðmes, madmes, Orm. maddmess.
[OE. máðm masc. corresponds to OS. méðmos pl. gifts, MHG. meidem, ON. meiðmar pl., gifts, presents, Goth. maiþm-s gift (δῶρον):—O.Teut. *maiþmo-z:—pre-Teut. type *moítmo-s f. *moit- to exchange (as in L. mūtāre:—*moitāre).]
A precious thing, treasure, valuable gift.
a1000Boeth. Metr. xxi. 20 Gylden maðm, sylofren sincstan..modes eaᵹan æfre ne onlyhtað. a1000Gnomic verses (Exeter Bk.) 155 Maþþum oþres weorð, gold mon sceal ᵹifan. c1200Ormin 6471 & illc an king oppnede þær Hiss hord off hise maddmess. c1205Lay. 896 Ȝeue us þe king & al his gold, & þa maðmes of his lond. a1250Prov. ælfred 384 in O.E. Misc. 126 Vyches cunnes madmes to mixe schulen i-Multen. |