mec
Americannoun
abbreviation
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There a friend offers his good sword Hrunting for the combat, and Beowulf accepts the weapon, saying: ic me mid Hruntinge Dom gewyrce, oththe mec death nimeth.
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph
They may be genitives or possessives, which were originally datives or accusatives; in which case they are deduced from the Anglo-Saxon mec and �ec. b.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Immola Deo sacrificium laudis et redde Altissimo vota tua gece mec in dege geswinces thines thæt ic genere thec ond thu miclas mec 15.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
Beati estis cum maledixerunt uobis et cum oehtas iuih and cuoethas eghwelc yfel with iuih persecuti uos fuerint et dixerint omne malum aduersum uos gesuicas vel wæges fore mec gefeath and wynnsumiath forthon mentientes propter me.
From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
Ic thæt un-softe ealdre gedigde Wigge under wætere, weore genethde Earfothlice; æt rihte wæs Guth getwæfed nymthe mec god scylde.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
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