mail flexible armor made of small, overlapping rings or scales.
mead an alcoholic drink made from fermented honey and water.
mere a small lake or marsh.
Merovingian pertaining to the Franks.
middle-earth a land between Heaven and Hell, inhabited by mankind as well as a variety of good or evil creatures with origins in legend, mythology, or fantasy.
Modthrytho an example of a disreputable ruler, possibly based on a fourth-century queen.
the ninth hour the "nones," the ninth hour after sunrise, 3 p.m. As Chickering points out (p. 338), this is "the same hour that Christ, abandoned by all but a faithful few, died on the cross (see Luke 23:44–46)."
Offa king of the European (not English) Angles.
Ohthere and Onela Ongentheow's sons, Swedes. Onela killed Geat King Heardred.
Ongentheow Swede king, father of Onela and Ohthere; killed by Hygelac's retainers Wulf and Eofor at Ravenswood.
