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mán

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mán, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §59; §60; §154; §259; §282; §285; §343; §562;
A bad, shameful action, a crime, crime, guilt, wickedness
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  • Maan

    facinus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 84
      • ;
    • Som. 73, 98
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 49, 5.

  • Mán,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 54 :

    piaculum,

    • 68, 68.

  • Mán and inwit

    guilt and guile,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 9.

  • Mán and unriht

    iniquitas,

    • 118, 69.

  • Mán, yfel endeleás,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1388
      • ;
    • An. 694.

  • Mán and morðor (cf.

    O. Sax.

    mén endi morðwerk),

    misdǽda worn

      (v.
    • Fox 58, 2,
      • hwilc mán hé weorhte),
    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 7.

  • Mánes

    fraudis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 44.

  • Mánes wyrhtan

    peccatores,

    • Ps. Th. 100, 8.

  • Máne

    piaculo,

    • Hpt. Gl. 432, 50 : Lev. 19, 29.

  • Mid manegum máne

    with many a crime

    (cf.

    eác ðam wæs unrím óðres mánes,

    • Met. 1, 44
      • ),
    • Bt. Fox 1, 10.

  • Gé mid máne men ongunnon

    irruitis in homines,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 3 : Cd. 16
      • ;
    • Th. 19, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 299.

  • For þý máne (

    the murder of Abel

    ),
    • Beo. Th. 220
      • ;
    • B. 110.

  • Máne fáh

    stained with crime,

    • 1960
      • ;
    • B. 978.

  • Mán

    nequitiam,

    • Ps. Spl. 72, 8 : Ps. Th. 140, 4.

  • Tó ðam ilcan men (

    Achan) ðe ðæt mán (taking of the forbidden spoil )

    gefremode,

    • Jos. 7, 17 : Cd. 10
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 189.

  • Ne swera ðú mán (cf. O. Sax. ni thú ménes ni sweri)

    non perjurabis,

    • Lev. 19, 12.

  • Se man ðe swereþ mán,

    • 5, 4.

  • For ǽghwæðerum ðyssa mána

    utroque scelere,

    • Bd. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 506, 40.

  • Hí geclǽnsian ðæra ǽrrena mána

    a pristina flagitiorum sorde purgare,

    • 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 28.

  • On manegum mánum (

    flagitias

    )

    hí sylfe besencton,

    • 1, 22
      • ;
    • S. 485, 12.

  • Ealle ða mán (

    scelera

    )

    ðe ic ǽfre gefremede,

    • 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 633, 8.
Etymology
[
Orm. man inn aþess and i wittness
:
O. Sax. mén
:
O. H. Ger. mein nefas, inlicitum
:
Icel. mein hurt, harm.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22303.

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