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mǽne

  • adjective
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mǽne, adj.
mean, wicked, false, evil
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  • Synna lustas mǽne módlufan

    the pleasures of sin, vicious love,

    • Exon. 71 a
      • ;
    • Th. 364, 26
      • ;
    • Jul. 370.

  • Hygeleáse mǽne

    mad and false (the rebel angels),

    • Cd. 4
      • ;
    • Th. 4, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 52.

  • Þurh mǽnra hand searonettum beseted.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1882
      • ;
    • An. 943.
the word however occurs most often in reference to oaths
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  • Se ðe his þances mǽnne áþ swerige and hé wite ðæt hé mǽne biþ æfter ðam

    qui sua sponte perjuraverit et postea scit quod perjurus est,

    • L. Ecg. C. 34
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 158, 20, 14, 16.

  • Gif hwá swereþ and se áþ beó mǽne . . se ðe mǽne áþas begá

    si quis juraverit et perjurium sit. . . Qui perjuria commiserit,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 68
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 228, 7-9: L. Edg. C. 8
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 262, 31.

  • Gif mæssepreóst stande on leásre gewitnesse oððe on mǽnan áþe

    if a masspriest be concerned in false witness or perjury,

    • L. Eth. ix. 27
      • ;
    • Th. i. 346, 9 : L. C. E. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 362, 30.

  • Se ðe mánáþ ( other MS. mǽnne áþ) swerige,

    • L. Ath. i. 25
      • ;
    • Th. i. 212, 18.

  • Be mǽnan áþe. Gif hwá mǽne áþ swerige,

    • L. C. S. 36
      • ;
    • Th. i. 398, 3-4.

  • Gebéte ðone mǽnan áþ,

    • L. In 35
      • ;
    • Th. i. 124, 13.

  • Swerian mǽnne áþ þurh swá miclan mægenþrymme.

    • Wulfst. 214, 15.

  • Eall yfel forlǽtan ge on manslihte ge on mǽnum áþum,

    • 228, 21.
Similar entries
v. un-mǽne; mán.
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v.  mán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽne.” 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/22157.

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