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mæsse-bóc

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Þ reó þéningbéc, mæssebóc and bletsungbóc and pistelbóc, Cht. Crw. 23, 27. Sc̃i Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on ðám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 121, 30: 124, 33. On þám níwran sacramentorum, ꝥ ys on ðám mæssebócum, 119, 5. Add

mæsse-hrægel

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Cf. mæsse-reáf

mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, n. (not m.).
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M. read L. In. and add Seó lǽs and ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, C. D. v. 319, 28. Æceren oððe bóc oððe óðer mæsten, Chrd. 15, 10

mǽte

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Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Ðá druncengeornan synt micele mǽttran ðonne nýtenu, Hml. A. 145, 27.

magian

(v.)
Grammar
magian, p. ode
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Rdr. 12, 5. Ic magude ł swiþige, Ps. Spl. T. 12, 5. [O. H. Ger. magén valere, vigere.] Cf. maga

Linked entry: ge-magian

man

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H. 21, 20. with correlative they: — Gif ǽnig . . . fluge . . . ꝥ hine mon slóge swá raðe swá mon hiora fiónd wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 52, 35. Þæt hús þǽr man ðweáð heora handa, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 50.

mán-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mán-cynn, (?) an evil race. v. mann-cynn;
2 (last passage).

lenden-reáf

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Dele, and see lenden-síd

lenden-síd

(adj.)
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lenden-síd, adj. Of a garment,
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reaching to the loins Lendensíd reáf lumbare vel renale, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32. Cf. fót-síd

Linked entry: fót-síþ-gerif

leófan

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A word seems missing, and it might be suggested by 43l. þær Israéla ǽhta wǽron, and the line might read: Áhton Israela, &c. Cf. too eorlas Israéla for a similar half line

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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., Rdr. 77, 34. Onginnendum leóhte incipiente luce, R. Ben. l. 37, 15.

leóht-brǽdness

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Hý hý georne bewerian wið leóhtbrǽdnesse ídelra worda and unnyttra gebǽra subtrahat corpori suo de loquacitate, de scurrilitate, R. Ben. 76, 19.

leás

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leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Th. 115, 2. not real, false, pseudo- Leáse crístas and leáse wítegan, Mk. 13, 22. Þá leásan godu, Ap. 49. not to be trusted, perfidious, deceitful Leás fyrnhicge prostituta pellax An. Ox. 2940. Leás wiht (leáswiht ?)( Satan ), Sat. 727.

leger-fæst

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leger-fæst, For 'R. Ben . . . Lye'
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substitute Ealle fram flǽscǽte hí forhæbben bútan þám wanhálum and þám legerfæstum ( prefer debiles et aegrotos ), R. Ben. 64, 7

lencten-fæsten

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Ealra swíðost healdan hý forhæfednesse clǽnsunge on lenctenfæstenne, R. Ben. 76, 5. Fram kalendas Octobris oð lenctenfæsten a kalendis octobribus usque ad caput quadrigesime 74, 3. Add

lencten-wicu

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Add: Jn. 5, 1, 17 rbc. : 8, 21 rbc

mann-swica

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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.

martyr-racu

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-racu, e; f.
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An account of martyrs Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ man heora naman on ðisre háligra martyrrace sceolde áwrítan, Hml. S. 23, 367. Hí woldon ðisra háligra martyra martyrrace áwrítan, 334: 342: 773

mattuc

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Rdr. 73, 6. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan . . . mattuc, Angl. ix. 263, 3. Add

meaht

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R. 9, 6. <b>I a.</b> as an attribute of impersonal agents :-- Genim þás wyrte, heó of sumre wundurlicre mihte helpeð, Lch. i. 126, 16. <b>I b.