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un-mǽne

(adj.)
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un-mǽne, adj.

free from evilpurewithout perjuryfree fromexempt fromnot sharing in

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free from evil, pure, of persons Þeáh þe þú welig beó þú ná byst unmǽne fram gylte ( inmunis a delicto ), Scint. 179, 10. Sancta Maria, ides unmǽne, Hy. 10, 14. Fram ealre synne unmǽne ab omni peccato inmunes, Scint. 67, 20. of an oath, without perjury

Linked entry: mǽne

un-mann

(n.)
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un-mann, es; m.

a bad manan inhuman personone who is not a mere mana hero

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a bad man, an inhuman person Swá fela ðúsend engla mihton eáðe bewerian Crist wið ðám unmannum ( those who came to seize Jesus ), gif hé ðrowian nolde sylfwilles for ús, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 30. [Cf. O. H. Ger. un-mennisco: Ger. un-mensch: Icel. ú-mannan

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
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wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Far-famed, famous, celebrated; in a bad sense, notorious. of persons Sume teohhiaþ ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre and wídmǽre quibus optimum quiddam claritas videtur, Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 82, 10. Wídmǽre wer . . . hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and

wræc-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-mæcg, es; m.

A wretch

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A wretch Wræcmæcgas, ða ðe ne bimumaþ monnes feore, Exon. Th. 109, 35; Gú. 100. Gé dyslíce dǽd gefremedon, werge wræcmæcgas, Elen. Kmbl. 773; El. 387. Hyne wræcmæcgas ofer sǽ sóhton, Beo. Th. 4748; B. 2379. ¶ used of evil spirits Wræcmæcgas, . . . Godes

a-mæst

Similar entry: á-mæstan

á-mang

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Se ðe his calic ágeóte ámang his mæssan ( inter missam suam ), Ll. Th. ii. 218, 17. Gelamp hit ámang þám ( meanwhile ), Hml. S. 23, 136. Ámang þissan, Chr. 1066; P. 197, 32. Add

burgwaru-mann

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burgwaru-mann, burg-wealda (burh-).
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Aaron and lulius wǽron burhwarumen (burhwaru, burhwealdan) on Ligeceastre Aaron et Iulius Legionum urbis ciues, Bd. 1. 7; Sch. 27, 17. Add

cyne-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-mann, es; m.
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A royal person, a king Gelíc geworden wæs ríc heofnæ cynemenn (cyninge, R. homini regi ), Mt. L. 22, 2

cleric-mann

(n.)
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cleric-mann, es; m.
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A clerk Gif hwylc clericman gewundige si quis clericum vulneraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 210, 27

dirn-maga

(n.)
Grammar
dirn-maga, an; m.
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One who presides at mysteries Dyrnmaga mysteriarches, Germ. 397, 350

ealdor-mann

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Add: I. in a general sense. used of a person of high position, a prince, ruler, leader, magistrate Ealdorman princeps vel comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 12. Eoldorman princeps, 72, 59. Se ealdormonn ( rector ) sceal lǽtan hine selfne gelícne his hiéremonnum

ende-mæst

Similar entry: endemestnes

ende-mann

(n.)
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ende-mann, es; m.
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A person living in the latest age of the world Wé endemenn ðyssere worulde (for the ideas of the time as to the end of the world cf. Wlfst. 156, 4 ; Ðeós woruld is on ofste and hit neálǽcð þám ende), Hml. Th. i. 476, 18. Fela hálige menn fram frymðe

eóred-mann

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Áfýred olbenda dromidus, se eórodmon (orit-) dromidarius, Txts. 57, 708. Eóredmen Cerethei, foreirnerum Feletei (Pelethi, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 51. Eóredrnen, rǽdehere Cerethi, 15, 76. (In the gloss to the same passage in An. Ox. the renderings are

folc-mǽre

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freóls-mann

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frǽ-mǽre

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Frǽmére eximia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 64: 31, 52. Þæt frǽmére eximiam, 66. Add

ge-mǽte

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Substitute: meet, of suitable dimensions, made to fit (with dat. ) Heó ðone cláð hire on ádyde, and wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse ( it was a very excellent fit), Hml. S. 7, 157. Seó ðrúh wæs geworht hire swá gemiéte swylce heó hyre sylfre swá gesceapen

ge-mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽte, adv.

Similar entry: un-gemǽte

ge-mang

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Dele last two passages, and add: mixing, combining, coagulating Gemang coagolatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 14: concretio, i. coagolatio, 136, 26: confectio, Hpt. Gl. 449, 61. Ðǽm láreówe is tó mengenne ðá líðnesse wið ðá réðnesse, and of þǽm gemange (-monnge