† ˈmeekhead Obs.
Also 3 mek-, meok-, mukhede.
[f. meek a. + -head.]
= meekness.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8004 Milce nas þer mid him non ne no Manere Mekhede [v.rr. meok hede, mukhede]. a 1350 Birth Jesu 391 (Egerton MS.) Vor he [God] haþ þe mek hede biholden of his hine. 1672 Cressy in Stillingfl. Idol. Ch. Rome (ed. 2) 224 Our being beclosed in..his [God's] meek-head. |