mǽnan
To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose
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Understandan hwæt ða twá word mǽnan, abrenuntio and credo, 38, 8
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex. 66. Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ic gehére gnorniende cynn grundas mǽnan ( the devils in hell), Cd. 216; Th. 273, 10; Sat. 134. Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712
mǽnan
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?)
mǽnan
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Mǽnæ lugere, 9, 15. Mǽnende tumultuantem (turbam), 23. Mǽnende (dolentes) wé sóhton ðec, Lk. L. 2, 48. Woepende and mǽnende (-iende, L. ) flentes et heiulantes, Mk. R. 5, 38. Mǽnendeand woepende lugentes et flentes, 16, 10.
mǽnan
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Hé cýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde, ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman qui pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet aperuit, Past. 137, 18. I b. add :-- 'Ne sele eldiódigum. ' Hé mǽnde ðá áwiergedan gǽstas ' nec sint alieni participes tui. ' Alienos malignos spiritus
be-mǽnan
To BEMOAN ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ lugere ⬩ dolere ⬩ congemere
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To BEMOAN, bewail, lament, mourn; lugere, dolere, congemere Ða heófungdagas wǽron ðá gefyllede, ðe híg Moisen bemǽndon completi sunt dies planctus lugentium Moysen Deut. 34, 8
ge-mǽnan
to MEAN, to signify ⬩ sibi velle, significare ⬩ to communicate, announce, pronounce, utter ⬩ communicare, pronuntiare ⬩ to MOAN, to groan ⬩ ingemiscere, plangere ⬩ to consider ⬩ colloqui, considerare ⬩ to make common, contaminate, defile, violate ⬩ communicare, coinquinare, violare ⬩ communicare alicui ⬩ to make known ⬩ dicere, monstrare, judicare
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to MEAN, to signify; sibi velle, significare Hwæt gemǽnaþ ðás lamb quid sibi volunt agnæ istæ? Gen. 21, 29. Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne I expect that thou wilt not know what this means, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 26. Hwæt gemǽnaþ ða ðreó útfaru? Ðæt getácnaþ
ge-mǽnan
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Take here <b>ge-mǽnan;</b> in Dict. and add Ðá ðe gemǽnas qui lugent, Mt. L. 5, 5. Ne gemǽnde gé nan planxistis, ii. 17. Gemǽnde uapulabil, Lk. L. 12, 47. v. mǽnan to lament
ge-mǽnan
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Hú earfeðlíce hí hit gemǽnað, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 19. Add
be-mǽnan
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Add: to lament, bewail, absolute Bemǽndon dúna doluerunt mantes, Cant. Ab. 10. Wé ne sceolan ceorian ne sorh-líce bemǽnan þeáh ðe ús ungelimp getíme, Hml. S. 13, 286. with clause Hé bemǽnde þæt Maurus ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 164
bi-mǽnan
To bemoan, bewail, lament, mourn ⬩ lugere
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To bemoan, bewail, lament, mourn; lugere Woldan wíf wópe bimǽnan æðelinges deáþ the women would with weeping bewail the noble's death, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 24; Hö. 4
ge-mǽnan
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Take here <b>ge-mǽnan;</b> in Dict. v. mǽnan to mean
ge-mǽnan
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times
mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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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
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mǽne
Common
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Common Mǽna lǽse common pasturage. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 284, 8
mǽlan
to mark
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to mark
mǽlan
to spot ⬩ blemish
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to spot, blemish
mǽran
To make known ⬩ celebrate ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim
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To make known, celebrate, declare, proclaim Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde and ðín sóþfæst weorc mǽreþ os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam, Ps. Th. 70, 14. Songe lofiaþ mǽraþ módigne meaglum reordum they praise with song and with powerful voices celebrate
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