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 Meigle (in Strathmore).Meissonier-like Exactness. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Meiny (2 syl.).
 
A company of attendants. (Norman, meignal and mesnie, a household, our menial.)   1
       
“With that the smiling Kriemhild forth stepped a little space,
And Brunhild and her meiny greeted with gentle grace.”
       
Let&tacute;som’s Nibelungen Lied, stanza 604.
 


 Meigle (in Strathmore).Meissonier-like Exactness. 

 
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