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hýrig-mann

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hýr-mann

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A hireling, mercenary :-- Iób cwæð : ' Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan, and swá swá médgildan dagas swá sind his dagas ( sicut dies mercenarii, dies ejus. Job 7, 1)'. . . Se hýrman his edleánes anbidað, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 31. 'Ǽnne man ic ofslóh of þínre

lád-mann

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Þá cwæð Esau: 'Ic bidde þé þæt þú nyme þe ládmenn of mínum geférum, þæt þé wegas wissigeon, Gen. 33, 15. Add

mǽg-cnafa

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cnafa, an ; m.
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A young kinsman Ic gean mínum rnǽgcnafan ( cognato ) þæs landes æt Anne his dæg . . . and þæs landes æt Worþigum . . . mínum mágcnafan, C. D. B. ii. 329, 21-25

Linked entry: cnafa

mǽg-lic

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Ðes ðegen bæd for his þeówan hǽlðe mid sóðre lufe, for ðan ðe heó ne tóscǽt nǽnne be mǽglicere sibbe ( true love does not make distinction of person in accordance with relationship ), Hml. Th. i. 128, 2. Sume for mǽiglicre sibbe hí bebyrigan woldon some

mæg-ness

Similar entry: un-mægness

mǽg-sibb

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Mǽgsibbe parentelę, An. Ox. 5131: germanitatis 9, 2. Add

mǽg-tudor

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Dele, and see mǽg-cúþ

neáh-mǽg

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Se bróþer þám óþrum ne mæg gehelpan, ne se fæder þám suna, ne þá neáhmágas, ne þá mádmgestreón, Verc. Först. 134, 24. Add

Norþ-mann

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Add Þám wǽpenleásum menn onbugon þá Francan and þá fyrlenan Norðmenn, Hml. S. 29, 177

ofer-mæg

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glosses preualet, Scint. 97, 19

Linked entry: magan

wǽpned-mann

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wǽpned-mann, <b>; I.</b>
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Oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan ut fossam ad mensuram staturae uirilis altam reddiderit, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 4. Add

weorold-mann

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weorold-mann, <b>. II a.</b>
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Wé beóð feor ofdúne gelǽded, þonne wé gemengde beóð tó þysum woruldmannum mid úre gelómlican sprǽce . . . eác ful oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruldmannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge multum deorsum ducimus, dum locutione continua secularibus admiscemur

wudu-mann

(n.)
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a woodman Tó wudemannes túne, C. D. iii. 275, 9

mann-cwild

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Ic ðæc biddo ðæt. . . him fiónd ne sceððe, ne hungor, ne monncwild, Shrn. 73, 5. Add

mann-cynn

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mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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men, a number of people Hwæt þǽr moncynnes forwearð on ǽgðere hand quantas nationes, quantosque populos idem turbo involverit, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 14. Hié gegæderedon eal moncynnes ꝥ þǽr lǽfed wæs, 2, 6; S. 88, 6. Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan

mann-cyst

(n.)
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mann-cyst, e; f.
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst

Linked entry: cyst

mann-fultum

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Ueriatus him geteáh tó micelne monfultum, ond monega túnas oferhergeade, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 216, 8. Add

mann-rǽdenn

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mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Him micelum sceamode þæs deófles manrǽdenne þe hé on wæs oþ ꝥ, Hml. S. 31, 1197. Hí léton tó rǽde ꝥ hí woldon ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene omnes una voce: 'Sponte tradamus nos omnes populo Holofernis,' Hml. A. 108, 182. Geoffra þíne lác Apolline

mann-sleán

(v.)
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to kill Ne sceal mon mansleán (man sleán ?) non occidere, R. Ben. 16, 18. (?)