mǽg
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Seó fríðe mǽg ( the bird that hatches the cuckoo?s egg ), Rä. 10, 9. Add
máge
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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23. Fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wife
marc
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máwan
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Hé mǽwð (máweþ, v. l. ) gærs (heig, v. l.) fenum secat, Gr. D. 36, 2. Máwaþ tondent, An. Ox. 43, 15. Hé stóp on þá mǽde, and þá geseah hé ꝥ hý ealle meówan (meówan ꝥ heig, v. l. ) pratum ingressus, et omnes intuens fenum secantes, Gr. D. 36, 12. On hærfeste
malm
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-mǽl
mǽne
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Þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, þæt is . . . leásunga and mǽne áþas, Wlfst. 135, 3. Ic eom anddetta mǽnra áða, Angl. xi. 101, 35. Add
gum-man
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
ambeht-man
A servant-man
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A servant-man
gió-man
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
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
drý-man
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A magician, sorcerer Hé eóde tó ánum drýmen ... þá gebróhte se drýman þone cnapan tó his deófle, Hml. S. 3, 367. Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, Iamnes and Mambres, 17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. Þurhdrýmanna dydrunge
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
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
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
mana-scipe
Humanity ⬩ kindness ⬩ civility
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Humanity, kindness, civility Manscipes weldǽdum underþeódde humanitatis offitiis deditos, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 38. Manscipe gyfan beþearfendum and ælþeódigum humanitatem peregrinis et egentibus impendere, 155, 5
glí-man
mád
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
Unreasoning ⬩ foolish ⬩ mad
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Unreasoning, foolish, mad Þrinteþ him on innan ungeméde mád mód within him (one guilty of oferhygd) swells a mind displeasing by its folly, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 2; Mód. 25
ǽwda-man
A witness ⬩ fidejussor ⬩ consacramentalis
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A witness; fidejussor, consacramentalis Rim ǽwdamanna a number of witnesses, L. H. E. 5; Th. i. 28, 12
féðe-man
A footman ⬩ soldier ⬩ pĕdestris mīles ⬩ pĕdes
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A footman or soldier; pĕdestris mīles, pĕdes, Som. Ben. Lye