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fóre-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-mǽre, def. se fóre-mǽra; sup. -mǽrost, -mǽrest; adj.

Fore-greatvery honourableillustriouseminentfamouscelebratedpræclārusillustrisexcellensfāmōsusceleberrĭmus

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Fore-great, very honourable, illustrious, eminent, famous, celebrated; præclārus, illustris, excellens, fāmōsus, celeberrĭmus Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca, and earm, and ælþiódig, and forsewen, ðonne wélig, and

mægþ-blæd

Grammar
mægþ-blæd, <b>mægep-blæd,</b> es; n.

Pudendum muliebre

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Pudendum muliebre Mægeþblædd virginal, Germ. 400, 8. Leo 508, 9 says on this word &#39;Dieselbe Bedeutung hat Blatt noch in der deutschen Jägersprache: das Blatt einer Ricke, einer Hinde.&#39;

al-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
al-mægen, es; n. [eal all, mægen]

All powerstrengthmightomnis vis

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All power, strength, might; omnis vis Gém, al-mægene, heofones tunglu observe, with all thy power, the stars of heaven, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 6; Met. 29, 3

Linked entry: ge-mal-mægen

máðm

Linked entry: mádm

cól-máse

(n.)
Grammar
cól-máse, an; f. [cól coal, máse a titmouse]

A coal-titmousecoal-tit parus ater

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A coal-titmouse, coal-tit; parus ater Cólmáse parra Wrt. Voc. 62, 39 parula, 281, 11 bardioriolus, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 52; Wrt. Voc. 30, 7

Linked entry: cummáse

ge-maad

Grammar
ge-maad, mad.

Similar entry: ge-mǽd

ge-mág

Similar entry: ge-máh

mann-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
mann-sliht, -slieht, -slæht, -sleht, es; m.

Manslaughterhomicidemurder

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Ðonne mæg hé beón orsorg ðæs monnslihtes (monnsliehtes. Hatt. MS.) reus perpetrati homicidii non tenetur, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 20. Manslehtes beteón, L. A. G. 3; Th. i. 154, 5. Be monslihte (monnslyhte, MS. H.), L. In. 34; Th. i. 122, 15: L. Edm.

híréd-mann

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

A member of a 'híréd:' —

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A member of a 'híréd:' — Pharaones yldestan hírédmen senes domus Pharaonis, Gen. 50, 7. His hírédmen férdon út mid feáwe mannan of ðam castele and geslógen and gelǽhton fíf hundred manna the members of his household sallied out with few men from the

mán

(adj.)
Grammar
mán, adj.

Wickedfalsebase

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Wicked, false, base Mán inwitstæf nequitia, Ps. Th. 54, 15. Heora mænige máne swultan many a wicked one of them died, 77, 30. Náuht ne deregaþ monnum máne áþas nil perjuria nocet ipsis, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 16. Mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhleán, fácne

Linked entry: wamm

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Hwæt is ðæt ðé má ðæt ǽnig man mǽge óðrum dón ðæt hé ne mǽge him dón ðæt ilce quid autem est, quod in alium facere quisquam potest, quod sustinere ab alio ipse non potest; Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 27. Ðá clypodon hig ðæs ðé má [so much the more, cf. O. H.

ge-réf-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-mǽd, e; f.

'The meadow which the reeve owned "ex officio," or over which, as common pasture, he exercised the right of superintendence,'

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'The meadow which the reeve owned "ex officio," or over which, as common pasture, he exercised the right of superintendence,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxiv

ge-mǽn-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽn-scipe, es; m.

Communion, fellowshipcommunio

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Communion, fellowship; communio Ic ge-mǽnscipe getreówe ðínra háligra I believe in the communion of thy saints, Hy. 10, 52; Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 52 : Wanl. Catal. 49, 16

ge-mǽn-sumung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽn-sumung, e; f.

A communioncommunio

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A communion; communio, R. Ben. 38

ge-mæt-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mæt-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [gemet a measure, fæst fast]

To comparecomparare

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To compare; comparare, Ps. Lamb. 48, 21

ge-mǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽt-líc, adj.

Moderatemodicus

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Moderate; modicus

hǽþen-mann

Grammar
hǽþen-mann, l. hǽþen mann. v. hǽþen; <b>A. I.</b> 1 b.

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mann-swica

Grammar
mann-swica, mán-swica ?. [In favour of mán- it may be noted that mann- does not occur as the first part of this compound, but does occur with -slaga; in Wlfst. 55, 6 the a has the accent in two MSS. (though in one of these mán- is written in mánslagan, Wlfst. 26, 14), and at 114, 13 manswican is a v. l. for mánsworan.]
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In l. 2 read mannslagan, and add: a deceiver, cheat Án unlagu æt ðám ætfengan þe swicigende manswican lufedan be-westan, Ll. Lbmn, 244, 28. Swá geráde manswican (man-, v. ll. ) þe on ðá wísan swǽslíce swiciað on unriht, þæt syndan forbodan Antecrístes

mád

(adj.)
Grammar
mád, (v. ge-maad vecors,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
); adj.

Unreasoningfoolishmad

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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

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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mæg man ( quisquam ) ingán on stranges hús, búton hé gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29. Worhte man hit him tó wíte, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 2; Gen. 318. Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten herge, Beo. Th. 6332; B. 3176

Linked entries: MANN mon