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freó-man

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For last passage substitute Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ... Thou hast not granted me

freót-man

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Sceóte man æmessan be þám þe man þonne tóþearfe gerǽde . . . hwílum be teóþunge, hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón, Wlfst. 171, 4. Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig

ge-mág

Similar entry: ge-máh

geó-man

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Take here <b>iú-man</b> in Dict., and add Swá geómen cwǽdon, Lch. iii. 430, 32

glæd-man

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd-man, adj.
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Take here from <b>glæd</b> in Dict. Glædman hilaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 67. Glædman Hróþgár, B. 367

mál-sweord

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Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan þæs sceardes málswurdes, Cht. Th. 561, 23. Add

mán-áþ

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Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add

mán-dǽd

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Mándǽde piaculo, An. Ox. 2006. Mándǽda facinorum, i. criminum, 921 : passionum, i. uitiorum, 1137. Add

mán-deorf

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Add: bold in evil (?)

mán-full

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Mánful nefarius, Angl. xi. 117, 37. Mánfulne probrosum, An. Ox. 2783. Sittaþ mánfulle (perversi) on heáhsetlum, and hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ, Bt. 4 ; F. 8, 14. Þás mánfullan men þe wé ymbe specað wǽron getealde for godas, Wlfst. 106, 15. Þára

mán-lic

(adj.)
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mán-lic, adj.
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Wicked, evil Yrre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda and ealle mánlice þing, Hml. A. 8, 190. Hé ( Christ) ámeldode heora (the Jews' ) mánlice geþóhtas, and heora unrihtwísnysse hé him openlíce sǽde, 76, 75

mán-swara

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Ðider sculan mánsworan, Wlfst. 114, 13: 203, 23. Add

mán-swaru

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Be mánsware de perjurio, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 37. Add

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Gif hé on ungehálgedum Crístes mǽle mánswerað si in cruce non consecrata perjuraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 158, 37. Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19. Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað

mán-swica

Similar entry: mann-swica

æsc-man

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Andlang streámes æt æscmannes yre (yfre?), C. D. vi. 100, 7. Æscmen piratici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 13. Add:

Mǽðas

(n.)
Grammar
Mǽðas, Mǽðe, Méðas, Médas

the Medes

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the Medes Siððan hæfdon Mǽðe onwald: ofer Méðas ðæt lond: Asiria anwald gehwearf on Méðas: Mǽða ríce, onwald: on ðara Méða anwalde: Méða ealdorman: betuh Mǽðum: Mǽðum gafol guldon: cyning in Méðen, Ors. 1, 12; 2, 1; Swt. pp. 52, 54, 60. Méda máððumselas

Linked entries: Mǽðisc Médas Méðas

(n.; adj.)
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má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

More

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More. as subst. Sume naman sind omonima; ða getácniaþ má þinga mid ánre clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 13. Seó þridde declinatio hefþ eahta and hundseofontig geendunga oððe má, 9; Som. 8, 15 : Elen. Kmbl. 1264; El. 634. Hé hæfþ weána má ðonne ǽniges

Linked entries: mǽst

metan

(v.)
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metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to metemeasureto measure outmark offassign the bounds of a placeto measure by pacesto traversepass overto measure one thing by or with anotherto compare

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to mete, measure Ic mete metior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 32. Ic meotu metibor, Ps. Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8. Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten

dífan

(v.)
Grammar
dífan, to make deaf or
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dull, to deaden sound

Linked entries: ge-dífan dýfan