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mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mixminglecombineto mingle togetherstir updisturb

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to mix, mingle, combine Ic menge mango(?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 42. Mengio, 113, 59: Epl. Gl. 156, 36. Mænge margo (mango? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 48. Menget confundit, 105, 11. Ic mínne drinc mengde wið teárum potum meum cum fletu temperabam, Ps.

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

MILDE

(adj.)
Grammar
MILDE, adj.

MILDgentlemeekbenignliberalmercifulclementpropitious

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Manna mildost Moses ), ( Cd. 170; Th. 213, 8; Exod. 549. Cwǽdon ðæt hé wǽre manna mildust and monþwǽrost they said that he was kindest and most courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6344; B. 3182. Se leó gewát swá swá ðæt mildoste lamb, Glostr.

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode
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To dress Ic secge ðé, bróðor Eádweard, ðæt gé dóþ unrihtlíce ðæt gé ða Engliscan þeáwas forlǽtaþ ðe eówre fæderas heóldon and hǽðenra manna þeáwas lufiaþ ðe eów ðæs lífes ne unnon and mid ðam geswuteliaþ ðæt gé forseóþ eówer cynn and eówre yldran mid

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Grammar wracu, with gen. of person for whose sake vengeance is taken Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce (in ultione propinqui) man ofsleá. . . Se ðe man ofsleá on his módor wrace (in ultione matris suae), L. Ecg.

ge-lífan

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Hæbbe man gewitnesse ungeligenra manna þe man gelýfan mæge, Ll. Th. i. 158, 12. (1 a) where statement to be believed is given, directly in a clause Gelýf mé ꝥ seó tíd cymð . . ., Jn. 4, 21.

niman

(v.)
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(b α) with prepositions :-- Ne nimð hig nán man æt mé, Jn. 10, 18. Nán man ne nimþ eówerne gefeán fram eów, 16, 22. Ne nimð hig nán man of mínre handa, 10, 28. Þá strengran nimaþ þá welan of þám unstrengrum, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 14.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Ǽnig man ciricmangunge mid unriht ne macie, Ll. Th. i. 306, 28.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Nán crísten man ne sceal sceandlíce flítan, Hml. S. 13, 122. to dispute, argue, have a controversy, oppose the opinions of a person, be at variance Paulus ꝥ ilce lǽreþ, and wiþ mé flíteþ, and ꝥ ilce spreceþ and mid him (S. Peter) bodaþ, Bl.

hwá

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Hé áscode hwæt hyt sóðes wǽre for hwig hym man swá fǽrlíce æfter sende, Hml. A. 184, 94. Hú ne wást þú hwæt (ꝥ, v. l. ) wé cweþaþ.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Ic lǽre ꝥ ðú fægenige óþerra manna gódes, Bt. 30, 1; F. 108, 30. Ðæt hié fægenigen (fægenien, v. l.) óðra monna gódra weorca ut alienis bonis congaudeant, Past. 229, 13.

ge-wemman

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Nán man mé gewemde, ac Crist geheóld míne clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 30, 359. Gif hwá þæs cyninges brýde gewemde, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 28. Gewemmendes forligres maculantis prostibuli, An. Ox. 4964

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a familyhouse

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Th. i. 422, 23. a hide of land with a household settled on it, a family-holding of land [cf. the two forms given to the same regulation Gif wilisc man geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe híwisc landes, and Gif hé beó tó þám gewelegod ꝥ hé hýred and éht áge, Ll.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Se gífra helle bið á open deóflum and þǽm mannum þe nú be his lárum lifiaþ, Bl. H. 61, 12. Heom (the fallen angels) wearð hyll gegearwod, Wlfst. 8, 8. Geatt helles portae inferi, Mt. L. 16, 18. Tó botme helle þǽre hátan, Gen. 363.

hopian

(v.)
Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede

To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]

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Ðú dysegost manna ðú hopast ðæt ðú hæbbe þoftrǽdene tó ðam áwyrigedan deófle thou most foolish of men, thou trustest that thou hast fellowship with the accursed devil, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 14.

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rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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On ðisse þeóde ríxode unrihta fela in this nation many a wrong has prevailed, Wulfst. 128, 3. Gif preóst forhele hwæt on his scriftscíre betweox mannum tó unrihte ríxigen (ríxige? ríxigende?)

on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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Skt. i. 21, 275. to clear the mental vision, to enlighten Sóð leóht ðæt onlýht ǽlcne man, Jn. Skt. 1, 9. Se hálga Gást ealle ða englas onlíht, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 14. Worda mé ðínra wíse onleóhteþ, Ps. Th. 118, 130.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Man ágife ǽlce teóþunge tó ðam ealdan mynstre ( ad matrem ecclesiam ) ðe seó hýrnes tó hýrþ, L. Edg. i. l; Th. i. 262, 7. Ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst, i. 3; Th. i. 262, 25.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Ne mæg man ǽfre for his strengðe ðysne wyrttrnman syllan þicgean on sundrum, 260, 18. Hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ða strengþe ðyssæ lácnunge ongite, 300, 21

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Þíne godas syndon gyldene and sylfrene . . . manna handgeweorc, 14, 20. ' Geoftra ðíne lác úrum gudum . . . .' 'Ðú cwyst þæt ic mé gebiddan sceole tó dumbum stánum, ðá ðe sind ágrafene ðurh manna handa,' Hml.

feormian

(v.)
Grammar
feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with foodfeedsupportsustainentertainreceive as a guestcherishbenefitprofitvictum suppĕdĭtāreepŭlāresuscĭpĕresuscĭpĕre hospĭtiofŏvērecūrārevălēreto feed ondevourconsumevescicomĕdĕreconsūmĕreto cleanse, FARM or cleanse outmundārepurgāreexpiāre

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receive as a guest, cherish, benefit, profit; victum suppĕdĭtāre, epŭlāre, suscĭpĕre, suscĭpĕre hospĭtio, fŏvēre, cūrāre, vălēre Ðæt ic [cyning] bebeóde eallum mínan geréfan ðæt hí on mínan ágenan rihtlíce tilian, and me mid ðam feormian; and ðæt him nán man