esne-mann
A servant ⬩ hireling
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A servant, hireling Ðe aesnemonn mercenarius, Jn. L. R. 10, 13
feónd-mann
An enemy
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An enemy Ðe fyóndmonn (or? fyónd monn) ðis dyde inimicus homo hoc fecit, Mt. L. 13, 28
hǽþen-mann
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híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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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 castle, and slew and captured five hundred men, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 29.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35.
Linked entry: wím-man
mann-cynn
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Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan mihte, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 20. a race of men, a people Ðis mannkynn lifað fela geára hoc genus hominum multos vivit annos. Nar. 38, 22. Mannkynn . . . þá man háteð Silhearwan, 29.
teóðung-mann
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Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen ( decanos ), Ex. 18, 21. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing, v. teóðung, Wé cwǽdon be uncúðum yrfe, ðæt nán man næfde búton hé hæfde ðæs hundredes manna gewitnyssa oððe
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
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hýr-mann
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A hireling, mercenary :-- Iób cwæð : ' Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan, and swá swá médgildan dagas swá sind his dagas ( sicut dies mercenarii, dies ejus. Job 7, 1)'. . . Se hýrman his edleánes anbidað, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 31.
mann-sleán
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to kill Ne sceal mon mansleán (man sleán ?) non occidere, R. Ben. 16, 18. (?)
unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam
forþ-mann
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A man of rank Hé cwæð ꝥ sum forðman wǽre on Myrcna lande, Nap. 25. Cf. forþ-þegn, -wíf
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Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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Ðæt wǽron ða érestan scipu Deniscra manna ðe Angelcynnes land gesóhton, Chr. 787; Erl. 57, 21-25. Ðǽr geflémed wearþ Norþmanna bregu, 937; Erl. 112, 33. Wǽran ǽr under Norþmannum, 942; Erl. 116, 15.
Linked entry: Nor-men
glíw-mann
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Take here <b>gleó-mann</b> in Dict., and add Glígman parasitus (cf. glíwere), Hpt. Gl. 504, 20. Glígmanna yppe orcestra vel pulpitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 36.
port-mann
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A towns-man, citizen Portman civis, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 39. Eádgár æþeling corn mid eallum Norþhymbram tó Eoferwíc, and ða portmenn wið hine griðedon, Chr. 1068 ; Erl. 207, 2. Se port-geréfa and ða yldostan portmenn ( of Ephesus ), Homl.
mann-menigu
A multitude of people
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[Grein reads mán menio but there seems no reason to apply such an epithet to the menio in question.] Ðéh ðe Sciþþie hæfdon máran monmenie cum Scythae numero praestarent, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 24
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gedwǽs-mann
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A silly, foolish person Secgað sume gedwæsmenn þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, and cweðað þæt hí þurh bletsunge misfarað and ðurh wyrigunge geðeóð, Hml. Th. i. 100, 29.
weorold-mann
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in a general sense, a man upon earth, a man Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse (cf. se wísa mon, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24), Met. 7, 41. Án ðara tungla woruldmen hátaþ (cf. wé hátaþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 19) wǽnes þísla, 28, 10.
scírig-mann
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Kmbl. vi. 127, 128. scír-mann, q. v.
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