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cúþe-menn

Grammar
cúþe-menn, l.
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cúþe menn

cúðo-menn

(n.)
Grammar
cúðo-menn, pl. m.

Relationscognati

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Relations; cognati Cúðomen cognátos, acc. m. Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12

fæsting-men

(n.)
Grammar
fæsting-men, festing-men, -menn; pl. m. [fæsting an entrusting, men, v. man a man]

Servants of the king entrusted to the keeping of the monasteries while going from place to place servi rēgii ad cūram monastēriōrum commendāti in regno obeundo

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Festing-menn, A. D. 823; 67, 2: A.D. 828; 79, 30

Linked entry: festing-men

mere-men

(n.)
Grammar
mere-men, mere-menn, e; f.

A siren

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A siren Meremen sirena, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 6. Meremenna sirenarum, Hpt. Gl. 498, 65

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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A person having to do with a corpse Ealle ða líc-menn wurdon áfyllede mid ðam wynsumum stence, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 8: 334, 31. His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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Ðes mann iste homo, ðises mannes istius hominis, dat. ðisum menn, acc. ðysne mann, abl. fram ðisum menn; pl. n. acc. ðás menn, gen. ðyssera manna, dat. ðisum mannum, 15; Som. 18, 25-28. Uton wircean man (hominem) tó úre andlícnisse . .

Linked entry: manna

menen

(n.)
Grammar
menen, mennen, minnen, es; n.

A female servantbondwomanhandmaid

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A female servant, bondwoman, handmaid Án menen ł þeówæ ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69: vernacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 37. Mennen ancilla, 2, 39. Sunu menenes ðínes filius ancillæ tuæ, Ps. Surt. 115, 16: 122, 2. Minenes, p. 200, 6.

mene

(n.)
Grammar
mene, myne, es; m.

A necklacean ornament

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Menas monilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 60: crepundia, ornamenta, monilia, Hpt. Gl. 419, 30: 517, 29. Mynas, 481, 43: lunulas, 458, 30. Menum monilibus, 434, 71. Mynum lunulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 71

Linked entries: maenoe myne

men

(n.)
Grammar
men, menn.

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mere-men

Grammar
mere-men, mere-menn.
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Ic geháte gewítan fram mé þá mæremen þe synt smere (sirene?) gecíged, and eác þá castalidas nymphas, ꝥ synt dúnylfa, Angl. viii. 325, 25. Add

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men

(n.)
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in nim sealtes, þrý men take of salt three parts, L. M. 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 4

medu

(n.)
Grammar
medu, meodn, a; m.: wes; n.

Meada drink made from honey

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Mead, a drink made from honey Medu medo velmedus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 41. Meodu medo, 82, 30. Medo mulsum, 290, 60. Medo, geswét vel weall defrutum, i. vinum, ii. 138, 24. Meodu, Andr. Kmbl. 3051; An. 1528. Medewes defruti, Hpt. Gl. 480, 74. Ða mǽla ðe

Linked entry: medo

mere-menen

(n.)
Grammar
mere-menen, -mennen, e; f.

A siren

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A siren Meremenin sirina, Wülck. 47, 7. Meremennena sirenarum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 12

melu

(n.)
Grammar
melu, melo, mela, meolu, mealu, wes; n.

Mealflour

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Meal, flour Melu oððe offrung odor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 32: farina, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 17: ii. 38, 70. Swá swá mon melo (Cott. MS. meolo) sift, ðæt melo (meolo) þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Ðæt mela biþ gód, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii

Linked entries: meala mela meolu

mene

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Hé geg'ængde mé mid orle of golde áwefen and mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode, Hml, S. 7, 37. Add

-menne

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽ-menne

mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mixminglecombineto mingle togetherstir updisturb

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Nánne wǽtan hí ne cúþon wið hunige mengan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 10. Mengan, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 48; Met. 8, 22. Mengan lyge wið sóðe, Elen. Kmbl. 612; El. 306.

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

menen

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In line 8 for mennen is l. mennenu, and in last line dele þeów-, and add: In Ps. L. 85, 16 the word is feminine Galla, ꝥ Godes mennen (menen, v.l. ), Gr. D. 280, 12. Þeów mennen, Agar, Gen. 2246.

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, p. te

To paint

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To paint Ic méte pingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 60. Swá méteras métaþ on anlícnyssan as painters paint in likenesses, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 5. Seó ðe métan sceall pictura, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 3. Métton ofergeweorke depicto mausoleo, Coll. Monast. Th.

meó

(n.)
Grammar
meó, gen. meón

A shoe or sock covering the foot

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A shoe or sock covering the foot Meó pedula, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 2. Meón pedulos (cf. Wülck. 601, 19-21 'pedules, pars caligarum que pedem capit, a vampey: pedulus a pynson, or a sok'), 82, 1: calsus ii. 127, 71

Linked entry: meóning