máðum-gifa
A giver of costly gifts ⬩ a liberal prince
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A giver of costly gifts, a liberal prince Hwǽr cwom máððumgyfa? Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 1; Wand. 92
máðum-gifu
A costly gift
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A costly gift Æfter máððumgife, Beo. Th. 2606; B. 1301
máðum-hirde
A treasurer
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A treasurer Ða máðmhyrdas ðe ðæt feoh heóldon ðe mon ðám ferdmonnum on geáre sellan sceolde, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 13
máðum-sigle
A costly jewel
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A costly jewel Geseah máððumsigla fela, Beo. Th. 5508; B. 2757
Linked entry: sigle
mǽl-tange
A pair of compasses
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A pair of compasses Mǽltange circinum, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 70; Wrt. Voc. 34, 5: 62; Som. 68, 78; Wrt. Voc. 39, 61. Mǽltanges prica centrum, 39, 62
féster-man
A foster-man ⬩ bondsman ⬩ security ⬩ fĭdĕjussor
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A foster-man, bondsman, security; fĭdĕjussor Ǽlc preóst finde him xii féstermen let every priest find for himself twelve bondsmen, L. N. P. L. 2; Th. ii. 290. 15
Linked entries: festen-mon fóster-man faster-mann
eóred-man
a horseman ⬩ ĕques
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a horseman; ĕques. Som. Ben. Lye
forþ-man
one very rich or wealthy ⬩ prædīves
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one very rich or wealthy; prædīves, Som. Ben. Lye
freóls-man
A freeman ⬩ līber
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A freeman; līber Ic wylle, ðæt ða ðe to mínre áre fón ðæt hí fédon twentig freólsmanna I will, that those who succeed to my property feed twenty freemen, Cod. Dipl. 694; Kmbl. iii. 295, 6
mán-scyldig
Guilty of crime
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Guilty of crime Mé mánscyldigne ( Cain ), Cd. 49; Th. 63, 7; Gen. 1028: 50; Th. 64, 11; Gen. 1048
birigh-man
a city officer ⬩ ædilis
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a city officer; ædilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 29
bryst-man
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and see brytsnian
ceáp-man
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Ceápmanna del, C. D. vi. 41, 18. Add
mán-dǽda
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An evil-doer, one that works iniquity Morðslagan and mándǽdan. . . and wiccan and unlybbwyrhtan, Nap. 65, 36
hægsteald-man
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Cd. 151; Th. 190, 1; Exod. 192 : Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 18; Rä. 55, 3
cope-man
a merchant
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a merchant Som. Ben. Lye
bǽr-man
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Hé hreopode ðá bǽre, and þá bǽrmenn ætstódon, Hml. Th. i. 492, 25: ii. 150, 13. Hé beád him ꝥ hí ꝥ deófolgild ne bǽron ná furðor . . . and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæst stódon, Hml. S. 31, 374. Add
man-fremmende
Doing evil ⬩ working wickedness
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Doing evil, working wickedness Mid mannum mánfremmendum cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 140, 6: Exon. 67b; Th. 250, 34; Jul. 137: 29a; Th. 88, 9; Cri. 1437: Elen. Kmbl. 1810; El. 907