Mǽs
The Maes or Meuse ⬩ Mosa
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The Maes or Meuse; Mosa Hér fór se here up onlong Mǽse feor on Fronclond, Chr. 882; Erl. 82, 7
matt
A mat
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A mat Matte spiato ( = psiato), Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 7. Meatte matta, i. 82, 20. Meatta storia vel psiata, i. 41, 30
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mæc
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In l. 2 for mecca read mecea
mæg
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power, might, virtue Mæg (mægen ?) sóðes gebedes ys hýhð sóðre lufe uirtus vere orationis est celsitudo caritatis, Scint. 4, 19. Micel ys mæg (uirtus) gif þú ná dera fram þám þe þú gederod ert, 12, 17. Hé Godes ríce . . . eallum mæge (mægene ?) fyrþrode
maga
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Hé cuæð ðæt gé móston drincan ge-wealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum et frequentes tuas infirmitates, Past. 319, 7. Add
magu
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Dele last passage, and add:
unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam
forþ-mann
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A man of rank Hé cwæð ꝥ sum forðman wǽre on Myrcna lande, Nap. 25. Cf. forþ-þegn, -wíf
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ge-mane
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Add: ge-man (?). The reading of another MS. is gemonu. v. Angl. i. 334. The Latin is; Homines quorum capita capita leonum
scegð-mann
A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate
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A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate Wícing vel scegðman pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59. Wícing oððe scegðman (scægð-, scǽð-, sceigð-) pirata, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 24, 9. Gif man secge on landes mann ðæt hé orf stǽle oððon
teóðung-mann
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one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15. Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen ( decanos ), Ex. 18, 21. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing,
wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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A case against (in reply to, or (?) by way of accusation), defence, prosecution (?) Man útlagode Swægn eorl, his óðerne sunu. Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen
port-mann
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A towns-man, citizen Portman civis, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 39. Eádgár æþeling corn mid eallum Norþhymbram tó Eoferwíc, and ða portmenn wið hine griðedon, Chr. 1068 ; Erl. 207, 2. Se port-geréfa and ða yldostan portmenn ( of Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 749
mann-menigu
A multitude of people
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A multitude of people Manmenio (the tribe of Reuben), Cd. 160; Th. 199, 5; Exod. 334. [Grein reads mán menio but there seems no reason to apply such an epithet to the menio in question.] Ðéh ðe Sciþþie hæfdon máran monmenie cum Scythae numero praestarent
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gedwǽs-mann
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A silly, foolish person Secgað sume gedwæsmenn þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, and cweðað þæt hí þurh bletsunge misfarað and ðurh wyrigunge geðeóð, Hml. Th. i. 100, 29. Ús sceamað tó secgenne ealle ðá sceandlican wiglunga þe gedwæsmenn
weorold-mann
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in a general sense, a man upon earth, a man Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse (cf. se wísa mon, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24), Met. 7, 41. Án ðara tungla woruldmen hátaþ (cf. wé hátaþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 19) wǽnes þísla, 28, 10. Weoruldmen (cf. folc, Bt. 39, 3;
mǽg
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Add: a kinsman Gif áðer oþþe mǽg oþþe fremde þá ráde forsace, Ll. Th. i. 268, 21. Léte heó hit tó sweolcum hire méga swelce hit hire tó geearnigan wille, C. D. ii. 100, 22. Ðis wæs gedón ou gewitnesse his ágenra mága Æðelstánes and Æðelhúnnes and eác