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▪ I. meng, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: inf. 1 men(c)gan, mængan, 3 mengen, mengge, (3rd pres. sing. meinþ), 3–7, 9 menge, 5 (mengyn), meenge, meynge, 3– meng; 3–5 myng, 3– ming, (5 mynge, 6, 9 minge). pa. tense ind. α. 1–4 mengde, 3 mengte, meng(u)d, 3–5 menged, 4 menhed, mengede, Sc. mengȝeit, 4–5 mengid, -it, 5 mengyd, 6 menkit; 4 mynged(e, -ide, 5 mynget, -it. β. 4 meynt, 6 ment. pa. pple. α. 2–5 imengd, 3 imænged, imenget, imeingt, mengt, 3–8 menged, 4 ymengd, imengde, mengyt, -ede, 4–5 ymenged, mengid, meyng(i)d, 4–6 mengyd, 5 ymengyd, -id, mengit, menkyd, 6 menket, menkte; 5 mynged, -et, -it, -yd, mingit, 6 minged, mingde. β. 2–4 meind, 3 imeind(e, meynde, ime(y)nd, 3–4 ymeynd, 3–5 meynd, 4 mynd, yment, 4–5 ymeynt, 5–6 meynt, 6–7 ment, meint, 7 ymeint, imeint. γ. 3 imeng(e, ymeng.
[OE. męngan = OFris. mengia, menzia, OS. mengian (Du. mengen), OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) mengen, ON. menga (Sw. mänga, Da. mænge):—OTeut. *mangjan, f. the root of OE. ᵹe-mang: see among.
The normal form in mod. standard English would be minge |mindʒ|: cf. singe. Forms with i occur both in literature (down to the 17th c.) and in mod. dialects: but the form meng has been adopted here as that occurring in the best-known instances.]
1. trans. To mix, mingle, blend:
a. one thing with († Sc. into) another.
c725Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 15/15 Confundit, menget. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xiii. 1 Þare blod pilatus mengde [Lindisf. ᵹemengde] mid hyra offrungum. a1200Moral Ode 142 in Cott. Hom. 169 Betere is wori water drunch þen atter meind [later versions meynd, imengd, imenge] mid wine. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 584 Poysone..myngyt into drink. Ibid. xxxiii. (George) 505 Þane with wyne mengȝeit he poyson. 1390Gower Conf. II. 262 Warm melk sche putte also therto With hony meynd. c1460Towneley Myst. xxvi. 270 In stede of drynk thay gaf me gall, Asell thay menged it withall. 1562Turner Baths 1, I founde..marquesites and stones menged with copper. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. July 84 Till with his elder brother Themis His brackish waves be meynt. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. xx, The third bad water..with good liquors ment. 1677Nicolson Cumb. & Westm. Gloss. in Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1870) IX. 315 Meng, to mix.
b. two or more things (together).
a1225Leg. Kath. 1674 Deorewurðe stanes, of misliche heowes, imenget togederes. c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, And put alle þise þinges togidres and menge hem vpoun þe fyre and stere hem wele. 1567Turberv. Ovid's Epist. L iij b, Incense I yeeld with intermedled teares, Which mingde doe surge as wine ycast in flame. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. v. 12 Bath'd in bloud and sweat together ment. 1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxvi. 35 Till both within one bank, they on my North are meint.
c. With immaterial objects and fig.
a1225Ancr. R. 332 Auh hope & dred schulen euer beon imeind togederes. a1250Owl & Night. 870 Al my song is of longinge And ymeynd [MS. Cott. imend] sumdel myd woninge. 1375Barbour Bruce vi. 360 This nobill kyng.. Mengit all tyme vith vit manheid. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 19596 The pley ther-off ys meynt with wo. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. ii. 30 Heate meint with moisture is apt to engendre. 1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxv. 111 Then taking Scottish othes, which they did breake, and he [Edw. I] reuenge, With those Exploytes he French attempts as gloriously did menge. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 253 Their Country-gods with the true God they ming. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. ii. i. viii, When that those rayes..be closely meint With other beams of plain diversity.
2. To make a mixture of; to produce by mixing.
1375Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paulus) 700 A fellone poyssone, myngit and mad be tresone. a1547Surrey Descr. Spring 11 in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 4 The busy bee her honye now she minges. c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 59 Their good drinke as I sayd to ming and blenne. 1730(Som.) Churchw. Acc. (E.D.D.), To minging lime, and to tile pins. 1807Stagg Poems 140 An' meng us up thar glasses. 1825Jamieson s.v., ‘To meng tar’, to mix it up into a proper state for smearing sheep, greasing carts, &c.
3. To stir up; after OE. only in fig. applications: To disturb, trouble, confound. Also intr. for pass.
Beowulf 1449 Se þe meregrundas mengan scolde. a1225Leg. Kath. 606 Nes þis meiden nawiht herfore imenget in hire mod inwið. a1250Owl & Night. 945 (MS. Cott.) For wraþþe meinþ [MS. Jesus meynþ] þe horte blod. a1300Cursor M. 27770 And sua he mengges him wit ire, Þat brennes mans mede als fire. c1460Towneley Myst. xxiii. 437 Now thay meng my moode ffor grace thou can me hete. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 370 Allace, now mingis my mane and mude.
b. to meng with mirths: to cheer.
a1400Sir Perc. 1327 The maydene mengede his mode With myrthes at the mete. c1460Towneley Myst. xvi. 1 Moste myghty mahowne meng you with myrth!
4. a. trans. To bring (living creatures) together; to join (the male with the female).
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 337, & ay þou meng with þe malez þe mete ho-bestez. c1400Destr. Troy 6546 There mynget þai þere men, machit hom to-gedur; Mony dedly dint delt hom amonge!
b. refl., pass., and intr. Of persons: To be mingled together in intercourse, or with, among others; to be joined in battle; to have sexual intercourse; to be united by marriage.
refl.a900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xxvii. §11 Swelce is eac bewered þæt mon hine menge wið his brodorwiife. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) cv. 26 Hi..hi wið manfullum megndan [sic] þeode. a1300Cursor M. 26253 O man þat menges him wit best For his flexs lust to ful-fill.
pass.c1205Lay. 15249 Þa weoren Bruttes imænged wið þan Saxes. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. v. 9 That ȝe be not meynd [v.r. meyngd], or comunen not, with lecchours. c1400Apol. Loll. 109 Lok þat ȝe be not menkyd wiþ him. c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 361 And ones in the moneth with Phebus was she meynt. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. xi. 36 When she with Mars was meynt in joyfulnesse.
intr.c1250Gen. & Ex. 544 He chosen hem wiwes of caym, And mengten wið waried kin. a1300Cursor M. 19271 Fra þan durst na man wit þam meng. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 298 With þe Scottis gan he menge, and stifly stode in stoure. 1435Misyn Fire of Love ii. iii. 73, I lufyd not with þame to menge.
5. intr. Of things: To be or become mixed.
a1000Cædmon's Satan 132 Hwæt her hat and ceald hwilum mencgaþ. a1300Cursor M. 9952 Þe leme o light..þat menges with þaa colurs hew. c1400Destr. Troy 12495 Sodonly the softe winde vnsoberly blew; A myste & a merkenes myngit to-gedur. 1614Sir A. Gorges tr. Lucan vi. 233 And from his springs A vertue takes, which neuer mings With other streame. 1825Jamieson, To meng, to become mixed. ‘The corn's beginnin to meng’, the standing corn begins to..assume a yellow tinge; Berwicks.
▪ II. meng(e
variants of ming v. Obs., to remember. |