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un-mǽre

(adj.)
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un-mǽre, adj.

Not illustriousinglorious

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Not illustrious, inglorious Þeáh hé n ðm lande seó mǽre ðonne biþ hé on óþrum unmǽre fit, ut quem tu aestimas gloriosum, pro maxima parte terrarum videatur inglorius, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 16

wer-mǽgþ

(n.)
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wer-mǽgþ, e; f.
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A tribe or family of men Of Cames cneórisse wóc wermǽgða fela, Cd. Th. 98, 30; Gen. 1638: 101, 29; Gen. 1689 Cf. wer-þeód

wræc-mæcg

(n.)
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wræc-mæcg, es; m.

A wretch

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A wretch Wræcmæcgas, ða ðe ne bimumaþ monnes feore, Exon. Th. 109, 35; Gú. 100. Gé dyslíce dǽd gefremedon, werge wræcmæcgas, Elen. Kmbl. 773; El. 387. Hyne wræcmæcgas ofer sǽ sóhton, Beo. Th. 4748; B. 2379. ¶ used of evil spirits Wræcmæcgas, . . . Godes

á-mæstan

(v.)
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á-mæstan, p. -mæste (not -mæstede).
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Ámest impinguat, Kent. Gl. 538. Þú ámæstest ł þú gefǽtnodest impinguasti, Ps. L. 22, 5. Hió biþ ámæst impinguabitur, Past. 381, 3. Ámæsted saginatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 59. Fuglas oððe ámæste fugelas altilia, 9, 1. Add

Linked entry: a-mæst

folc-mǽgþ

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Steápe stánbyrig . . . folcmǽgða byht, Gen. 2213. Add

folc-mǽre

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frǽ-mǽre

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Frǽmére eximia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 64: 31, 52. Þæt frǽmére eximiam, 66. Add

ge-mægþ

(n.)
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ge-mægþ, power.
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Substitute: ge-mǽgþ, ge-mǽhþ, e; f. Greed, importunate desire Ðú wást ꝥ mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorðlican anwealdes for wel ne lícode, ne ic ealles for swíþe ne girnde þisses eorþlican ríces scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium

ge-mǽne

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Dele last passage, and add: that is held in joint possession Se wuda gemǽne þe intó loceres leáge hýrð oð ðæs cinges inwuda, and hér is se wuda ðe intó túneweorde hýrð, C. D. B. iii. 189, I. Ǽgðer ge etelond ge eyrðlond ge eác wudoland all hit is gemǽne

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Add: <b>ge-mǽru, ge-mǽro</b>, e (or indecl. ?); f. A border, margin, coast Tó ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2,

ge-mæstan

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Add: To feed with mast, fatten animals Þonne hig gemæstað referunt dum corpora (glandiferis fagis), An. Ox. 23, 27. 'Ic ofslóh . . . míne gemæstan fugelas (altilia)' . . . Þá gemæstan fugelas getácniað þá hálgan láreówas . . . Þá sind gemæste mid gife

ge-mǽte

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Substitute: meet, of suitable dimensions, made to fit (with dat. ) Heó ðone cláð hire on ádyde, and wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse ( it was a very excellent fit), Hml. S. 7, 157. Seó ðrúh wæs geworht hire swá gemiéte swylce heó hyre sylfre swá gesceapen

ge-mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽte, adv.

Similar entry: un-gemǽte

mæsse-dæg

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Eádmund cyning forðférde on Sc̃s Agustínus mæssedæg, Chr. 946; P. 112, 2. On Sćĕ Gregories mæssedæg, 951; P. 112, 7. Se cyng hét ofsleán ealle ðá Deniscan men þe on Angelcynne wǽron on Bricius messedæg, 1002 ; P. 135, 2. Add

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
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mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis ná niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

mǽþ-full

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mǽþ-lic

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Linked entry: méd-líc

Mǽþ-ware

(n.)
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the Medes Médware, Shrn. 155, 33

Linked entry: Méd-ware

-mǽne-líce

(adv.; suffix)

Similar entry: ge-mǽnelíce

-mǽne-licness

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-mǽnelicness