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múþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
múþ, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §113; §166; §282; §286; §301; §335;
of persons,
The mouth
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  • Múþ

    os,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 52.

  • Múþes hróf

    palatum,

    • 64, 58.

  • Gán[i]gende múþe

    hiulco rostro,

    • ii. 79, 34.

  • Hé for ðý sáre ne mihte his hand tó múþe gedón

    could not put his hand to his mouth,

    • Bd. 3, 2
      • ;
    • S. 525, 4.

  • Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17.

  • Múþum

    buccis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 16.
the mouth as an instrument of speech
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  • Be ǽlcon worde ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 4, 4.

  • Hé æt his sylfes múþe gehýrde,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 558, 40.

  • Múþas ealle ða unriht sprecaþ

    os loquentium iniqua,

    • Ps. Th. 62, 9.
the face
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  • Ic sprece tó him múþe tó múþe,

    • Num. 12, 8.
of things, A mouth, opening, orifice
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  • Ǽlces kynnes múþ

    orificium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 57 : Exon. 108 b
      • ;
    • Th. 415, 10
      • ;
    • Rä. 33, 9.

  • Duru sceal on healle, rúm recedes múþ.

    • Menol. Fox 533
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 37,

  • Gif mon biþ on hrif wund. ... gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múþe twentig sciłł. ,

    • L. Alf. pol. 61
      • ;
    • Th. i. 96. 12.

  • Beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ (

    the door of the ark

    ),
    • Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 82, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 1364.
Etymology
[
Goth. munþs
:
Icel. munnr, múðr
:
O. Sax. múð
:
O. Frs. muth, mund
:
O. H. Ger. mund.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “múþ.” 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/23264.

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  • múþ, n.

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