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grǽg-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg-mǽl, adj.
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Of a grey colour, Beo. Th. 5357; B. 2682. See under 'grǽg,' the passage in which that adjective is applied to weapons

ge-mǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽd, adj.

foolishstultusTroubled in mind, madamens

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Troubled in mind, mad; amens, Cot. 10, 169. [cf. O. Sax. ge-méd foolish : O. H. Ger. ka-meit stultus : or ge-mæd? v. Leo 29]

ge-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽg, es; m.

A kinsman

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A kinsman Wit synt gemǽgas we two are kinsmen, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904

ge-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽl, adj.

Marked, stained

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Marked, stained Earh ǽttre gemǽl the arrow stained with poison, Andr. Kmbl. 2663; An. 1333

undern-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
undern-mǽl, es; n.

Morning-time

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Morning-time On undernmǽl, Beo. Th. 2860; B. 1428. An undermǽl, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 319

weorold-mæg

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-mæg, es;
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m, A kinsman according to the flesh Mé æfter sculon míne woruldmágas welan bryttian. Cd. Th. 131, 18; Gen. 2178

wudu-mǽd

Similar entry: MǼD

wudu-mær

(n.)

echo

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echo Wudumer (uuydu-) echo, Txts. 59, 715. Wudumær. Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, l: 70, 7 (windu-, MS.), Similar entries v. Grmm. D. M. pp. 452, 1412 (Stallybrass' Trans.)

Linked entries: mær windu-mær

cucler-mǽl

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Diles þreó cuclermǽl, Lch. ii. 184, 17, 18: 250, 26. Add

dæg-mǽl

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Dægmǽl horologium, dægmǽles píl gnomon, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 41, 42. Seó sunne ástíhð pricmǽlum on þám dægmǽle . . . se sticca on þám dægmǽle áriht stent, Angl. viii. 317, 15-21. Seó emniht is on .xii[^m]ᵃ kl. April., swá swá þá geleáfullan rǽderas hit gesetton

eorþ-mata

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-mata, (-maþa?), an ; m.

An earth-worm

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An earth-worm Eorþmata vermis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 44

Linked entry: maþa

fæderen-mǽg

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Swá hwylc mínra fædrenméga swá þæt sió, ꝥ hine tó þan gehagige, Cht. Th. 481, 24. Add

cýrstel-mǽl

Similar entry: crístel-mǽl

friþ-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-mǽl, -mál. l. friþ-mál. The word seems Scandinavian. Cf.
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Icel. mál a stipulation, an agreement; frið-mál; pl. words of peace; friðmælask to sue for peace

fót-mǽl

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In l. 3 for foot-mark read foot, and add: a foot as a measure Men on lenge syx fótmæla lange homines statura pedum .vi. Nar. 35, 2. On lenge hundteontiges fótmæla and fíftiges lange, 36, 12. some kind of cross (? v. mǽl; II) Of ðám hamme tó fótmǽle;

ge-mǽd

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Dele, and see next word

ge-mǽg

Grammar
ge-mǽg, es.
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Substitute: <b>ge-mǽgas, ge-mágas;</b> pl. Take here <b>ge-mágas</b> in Dict. and add Fratres gebróþor, et aliquando ge-mǽgas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 46

ge-mǽl

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geréf-mǽd

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Substitute: Meadowland held by a reeve v.i. aecras mǽde on ðá gerefmǽde (joining on to the reeve's meadowland ?), C. D. 53, 2

grǽg-mǽl

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Add: with grey marks, having inlaid ornamentation