mann-swǽs
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Gentle, meek Hé lǽrð ðá manswǽsan (mansuetos) wegas his, Ps. Rdr. 24, 9. Cf. mann-þwǽre
Linked entry: swǽs
mann-weorþ
ealdor-mann
Similar entry: heáh-ealdormann
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
æcer-mann
arator
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Æcerman agricola, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 67. Add
heáfod-mǽg
A near relation, a relation in the first degree, ⬩ agnates
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A near relation, a relation in the first degree, Cd. 60, Th. 73, 6; Gen. 1200: 78; Th. 96, 36; Gen. 1605: Beo. Th. 1180; B. 588: 4308; B. 2151. ;
spere-mann
Similar entry: spyre-mann
Englisc-man
An Englishman ⬩ Anglĭcānus
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An Englishman; Anglĭcānus Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ ealle wæga án earm Engliscmon I will that ye entirely feed one poor Englishman, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 198, 5
ealdor-mann
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Þá hí on Ealdseaxe cómon, þá eódon hí on sumes túngeréfan gestærn, and hine bǽdon ꝥ hé hí onsende tó þám ealdormen ( ad satrapam) þe ofer hine wæs . . . þá Ealdseaxan næfdon ágenne cyning; ac manige ealdormen (satrapae plurimi) wǽron heora þeóde foresette
æsc-man
A ship-man ⬩ sailor ⬩ pirate ⬩ nauta ⬩ pirata
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A ship-man, sailor, and hence a pirate; nauta, pirata Ǽgþer ge æscmanna ge óðerra both of the ship-men and of the others, Chr. 921; Th. 195, 15: Cot. 155
ancer-man
An anchor-man ⬩ the man in charge of the anchor ⬩ proreta
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An anchor-man, the man in charge of the anchor; proreta, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 77, 126
almes-man
An almsman ⬩ eleemosynarius
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An almsman; eleemosynarius Ðonne nime man uncúþ sǽd æt almesmannum then let one take strange seed of almsmen, Lchdm, i. 400, 17
freót-man
A freedman ⬩ lībertus
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A freedman; lībertus Hió hyre an ðara [MS. ðere] manna and ðæs yrfes, bútan ðám freótmannum [MS. -mannon] she gives her the men and the stock, except the freedmen, Cod. Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 131, 10
frí-man
A freeman ⬩ līber hŏmo
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A freeman; līber hŏmo Gif fríman edor-brecþe gedéþ, vi scillingum gebéte if a freeman commit house-breaking, let him make amends with six shillings, L. Ethb. 27; Th. i. 8, 15: 29, 31; Th. i. 10, 3, 6: L. Win. 11; Th. i. 40, 1: L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii.
fyrn-man
A man of yore ⬩ qui ōlim vixit
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A man of yore; qui ōlim vixit Geseah he fyrnmanna fatu he saw vessels of men of yore, Beo. Th. 5515; B. 2761
fædering-mǽg
A paternal relation ⬩ a patre cognātus, agnātus
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A paternal relation; a patre cognātus, agnātus, L. Ethb. 81; Th. i. 24, 1
Linked entry: fæderen-mǽg
fædren-mǽg
a paternal relative
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a paternal relative, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 78, 20
freó-mǽg
A relation ⬩ kinsman ⬩ consanguĭneus ⬩ germānus
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A relation, kinsman; consanguĭneus, germānus Cain freómǽg ofslóh, broðor sínne Cain slew his kinsman, his brother, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 18; Gen. 983. Ðeáh ðú from scyle freómágum feor gewítan though thou shall depart far from thy kindred, 50; Th. 63, 28;
hundred-mann
a centurion
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The chief of a hundred men, a centurion Ðá clypode hé ðæne hundredman accersito centurione, Mk. Skt. 15, 44. Sette hig tó ealdrum and tó hundredmannum and tó fíftigesmannum and tó teóðingmannum constitui eos principes, tribunes et centuriones et quinquagenarios
Linked entries: hundredes ealdor hundredes man