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mennisc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mennisc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §632;
Men, people
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  • Ðis is ðæt mennisc ðe ealle míne dǽda mid heora wordum onwendan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 175, 24.

  • Ðonne eówre wærgaþ mennisc

    when men curse you,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 11.

  • Gif ðǽr óðer mennisc borh síe

    if other people be surety,

    • L. Alf. pol. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 60, 19.

  • Ðá wearþ micel mennisc geweaxen

    then men began to multiply,

    • Homl. Th. i. 20, 21.

  • Ðǽr wæs mycel mennisc tóweard

    there was a great multitude of people coming,

    • 182, 5.

  • Ðeáh eal mennisc wǽre gegaderod

    though all men were gathered together,

    • 26, 26.

  • Ðære þeóde mennisc swá wlitig wǽre

    the men of that nation were so beautiful,

    • ii. 120, 22.

  • Ðæt ðú ne nyme wíf mínum suna of ðisum menisce (

    de filiabus Chananæorum

    ),
    • Gen. 24, 3.

  • Josue ofslóh eall ðæt mennisc ðe on muntum wunode (

    omnem terram montanam

    ),
    • Jos. 10, 40: Thw. 161, 37.

  • Ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 474, 7.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. mannisco, mennisco homo
:
Ger. mensch.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mennisc.” 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/22620.

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