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  • adverb
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má, ; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§306; §556;
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in or to a greater degree, extent, or
quantity
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  • Hí forseóð hí selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ hí sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men

    ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt,

      Gr. D. 151, 27.
  • Swá leng swá má

    magis magisque,

      An. Ox. 2542.
  • Þá menn magon geseón heora freónd, and ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde ne beón, ne hí hym þe má,

      Solil. H. 68, 30.
longer, further, again, besides
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  • Woldest þú áwiht má witan ?

    nihilne plus scire cupis?,

      Solil. H. 14, 21.
  • Hwí ácsast þú má æfter ðám?,

      36, 15.
  • Ne secge ic nǽfre má þæt ic hála æágan habbe,

      48, 16.
  • Be úre sáwle lífe ic nú ðon má náwuht ne twæóge,

      59, 25.
qualifying a predicate as being applicable in a greater measure or degree than another,
more, rather
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  • Eówra sáwla má

    (potius)

    forhwerfdon þonne hié gerihton,
      Ll. Th. i. 56, 18.
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  • má, adv.