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mæc

(adj.)
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In l. 2 for mecca read mecea

mæg

(n.)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
maga, the stomach.
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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:

-mǽl

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-mǽl, adj.

Similar entry: ge-

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to mean. I a.
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Hé cýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde, ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman qui pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet aperuit, Past. 137, 18. I b. add :-- 'Ne sele eldiódigum. ' Hé mǽnde ðá áwiergedan gǽstas ' nec sint alieni participes tui. ' Alienos malignos spiritus

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to relate.
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?) his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela

mǽnan

(v.)
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mǽnan, to lament. I.
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Add Mǽnes (plangent) alle cynno eorðes, Mt. L. 24, 30. Mǽnæ lugere, 9, 15. Mǽnende tumultuantem (turbam), 23. Mǽnende (dolentes) wé sóhton ðec, Lk. L. 2, 48. Woepende and mǽnende (-iende, L. ) flentes et heiulantes, Mk. R. 5, 38. Mǽnendeand woepende

maga

Grammar
maga, able.
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Add: having means Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga ( a person of less ability; qui minus possit) þone se cyninges þegn, Ll. Th. i. 154, 7.

mǽg

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Th. i. 88, 2J. by the law of the church marriage was forbidden within certain limits of kinship Wé lǽrað . . . ꝥ ǽnig crísten mann binnan .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenan cynne ǽfre ne gewítie, ne on his mǽges láfe þe swá neáhsib wǽre, Ll.

magan

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Philippuse geþúhte þæt hé leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 18. i. expressing possibility where there are no prohibitive conditions Hæbbe hé ungeligenra manna gewitnesse þe man gelýfan mæge, Ll. Th. i. 158, 13.

manung

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D. 158, 13. v.gafol-manung

gum-man

(n.)
Grammar
gum-man, -mann, es; m.

A famous man, a man ⬩ vir clarus, homo,

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A famous man, a man; vir clarus, homo, Beo. Th. 2061; B. 1028

freót-man

(n.)
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freót-man, -mann, es; m.

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

gió-man

(n.)
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gió-man, -mann, es; m.

A man of old ⬩ qui olim vixit

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A man of old; qui olim vixit Giómonna gestrión the wealth of men of old, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 46; Met. 1, 23. v. iú-man

Linked entries: geó-man gú-mann

ambeht-man

(n.)
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ambeht-man, -mann, es; m.

A servant-man

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A servant-man

ge-mang

(prep.)
Grammar
ge-mang, prep. [ge-mang a mixture]

AMONG ⬩ inter, in medio.

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AMONG; inter, in medio. dat Ðeós sprǽc com út gemang bróþrum exiit sermo iste inter fratres, Jn. Bos. 21; 23. Arís gemang him surge in medium, Mk. Bos. 3, 3. Gemang ðám interim, Gen. 43, 1. Gemang ðám arás micel murcnung interea ortum est murmur, Num

Linked entry: on-gemang

maca-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
maca-, macca-líc; adj.

Fit ⬩ suitable ⬩ convenient

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Fit, suitable, convenient Mið ðý dæg maccalíc [macalíc, Rush.] gecuom cum dies opportunus accidisset, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21

mádm

Similar entry: máðm

mæg

may

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may