Médan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

médan

Substitute: to put courage into a person (?) :-- Ondsware ýwe sé hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him make answer that can encourage himself to say in words how the wood is called, Rä. 56, 15. [As on is the alliterating word it can hardly be a prefix, and the verse may be compared with: Eard wæs þý weorðra þe wit on stódan, Rä. 85, 6.] medan