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mis-tǽcan

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mis-tídan

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Add: [v. N. E. D. mistide]

mis-tucian

(v.)
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mis-tucian, l. mis-túcian,
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and add Hé beót Liberlinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne, oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod. Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistúcod wæs (vehementer caesus), Gr. D. 20, 33. Þá hors mid þám spurum mistúcode (geblódgode, v.l.) equi calcaribus

mis-wider

Grammar
mis-wider, v. mis-gewider. l.
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mis-widere

módig-líce

(adv.)
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módig-ness

Grammar
módig-ness, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt byð módignys, þæt ǽnig man forseó Godes beboda. Seó módignyss ys ealra unþeáwa angin and ealra mægna hryre, Wlfst. 2. 19, 4-7. Ǽlc yfel cymð of módignysse, Hml. A. 40, 405. Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163. Hé on assan hricge

módor-lic

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Mid móderlice[re] cennincge materna matrice, An. Ox. 1763. Add

or-met

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or-met, or-mett.
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Gearu tó ánwíge mid ormettre wápnunge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, 11, 102. Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

mán-wræc

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-wræc, adj.
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Wicked Þæt mánwræce, mánful infandum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 55. Cf. sceþ-wræc

weald-more

Similar entry: wealh-more

weal-more

Grammar
weal-more, (-u, -a).

Similar entry: wealh-more

wím-man

(n.)
Grammar
wím-man, wim-man.

Similar entry: wíf-mann

brim-man

(n.)
Grammar
brim-man, -mann, es; m.

A seaman ⬩ sailor ⬩ nauta

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A seaman, sailor; nauta Brimmen wódon the seamen proceeded, Byrht. Th. 140, 29; By. 295. Brimmannagen. pl. 133, 12; By. 49

gum-man

(n.)
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gum-man, -mann, es; m.

A famous man, a man ⬩ vir clarus, homo,

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A famous man, a man; vir clarus, homo, Beo. Th. 2061; B. 1028

hægsteald-man

(n.)
Grammar
hægsteald-man, = hægsteald, q. v.
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Cd. 151; Th. 190, 1; Exod. 192 : Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 18; Rä. 55, 3

heáfod-man

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-man, -mann, es; m.

A chief man, prince, captain, leader ⬩ a chief, leader ⬩ satrapa ⬩ captain

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A chief man, prince, captain, leader Heáfodman vel þegn primas, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 5; Wrt. Voc. 42, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 514, 14. Þæt folc wearþ micclum ástyred, and ða heáfodmenn and ða bóceras the people were much stirred up and the elders and the

cope-man

(n.)

a merchant

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a merchant Som. Ben. Lye

or-met

(adj.)
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or-met, or-mett, -mete; adj.

Excessive, without measure

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Excessive, without measure Ymbhogena ormete rén (cf. se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan,Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 19), Met. 7, 36. Hé mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode he decked me with priceless jewels, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 37

or-met

(n.)

a very great mass, something immense

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a very great mass, something immense Ormetum molibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 75 : 114, 20. (?)

Linked entry: -met

híre-man

Linked entry: hére-man

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