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lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Almost, nearly, within a little Lytesná concedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 49. Lytisná, 14, 65: Ep. Gl. 7 d, 31.

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lyðer-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lyðer-, luðer- full; adj.

Baseviledissolutedepraved

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Base, vile, dissolute, depraved Leófan men ne beón náðor ne leáse ne luðer- [lyðer- MS. B] fulle, ne fúle ne fracode, ne on ǽnige wísan lehterfulle, Wulfst.40, 5

Linked entries: luðer- hlyþran

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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Ic eom se lytla for ðé and se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 41. Eówre lyðre mód incircumcisa mens, Lev. 26, 41.

lyt-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
lyt-hwón, subst. and adv.

A little

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Rdr. 101, 200: Beo. Th. 408; B. 203. Ne lythwón not a little, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gl. 363. Ðá geswígode heó lythwón parumper reticuit, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22

Linked entry: hwón

lytig

(adj.)
Grammar
lytig, lyteg; adj.

Cunningastuteslyartfulcraftywily

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Voc. ii. 67, 48. Se lytega sǽtere seductor callidus, Past. 65, 2; Swt. 463, 11. manega costunga ðæs lytegan feóndes quanta hostis callidi tentamenta, 21, 5; Swt. 161, 18.

Linked entries: letig lot lyteg

lytig-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lytig-, lyte-líc; adj.

Deceitfulfalse

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Deceitful, false Ymbtrymedu mid lytelícre ládunge fallaci defensione circumdatæ, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 8

lytig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lytig-ness, e; f.

Cunningnesscraftinessastuteness

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Cunningness, craftiness, astuteness Ðære nædran lytignes astutia serpentis, Past. 35, 1; Swt. 237, 22

lytluc

(n.)
Grammar
lytluc, lytlucc, es; m.

A bittocksmall piece

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A bittock, small piece Lytluccas (MS. lyttuccas) segmenta, particulas, Germ. 400, 531

maca

(n.)
Grammar
maca, an; m.

A makematematch

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A make, mate, match Fadores æc gimaca ðæm maca patrisque compar unice (the glosser seems to have misunderstood unice ), Rtl. 165, 11

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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To MAKE, do, act Ic macige ðé mycelre mǽgþe faciam te in gentem magnam, Gen. 12, 2. Seó forme declinatio macaþ hire genitivum on ae, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 4 : 24; Som. 24, 24.

Mæcedonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Mæcedonisc, adj.

Macedonian

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Macedonian Ðæt Mæcedonisce gewin, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 5

mæder

(n.)

a measure

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a measure Ofgeót mid. iii. mædrum ealoþ, Lchdm. iii. 28, 16. (?)

mǽd-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-land, es; m.

Meadow-landgrass-land which is mown

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Meadow-land, grass-land which is mown Ǽgðer ge mǽdlondes ge eyrþlondes both of land for mowing and of arable land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 95, 16. Médlandes, vi. 219, 4

Linked entry: mǽdwe-land

mǽd-mǽwect

(n.)

the mowing of a meadow

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S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3-5

Linked entry: mǽwect

mǽd-splott

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-splott, es; m.

A plot of meadow-land

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A plot of meadow-land Ǽnne mǽdsplot, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 7

mǽdwe-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽdwe-land, es; n.

Meadow-landland where grass that is to be mown grows

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Meadow-land, land where grass that is to be mown grows Hió sellaþ him ðæt médweland westan Sæferne . . Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3

Linked entry: mǽd-land

mǽg-bana

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-bana, an; m.

A destroyer of one's kinsmen

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A destroyer of one's kinsmen Hit (surfeiting) biþ mǽgbana, and hit ne murneþ for nánum men, ne for fæder ne for méder ne for bróðer ne for swuster ne for nánum gesibban men, Wulfst. 242, 5

Linked entry: bana

mǽg-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cild, es; n.

A young kinsman

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Ðý læs ǽnig man cweðe ðæt ic míne mǽgcild mid fordémde lest any man say that I wrongfully decided against my kinsmen (nephews), Chart. Th. 486, 27

mǽg-cynren

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cynren, es; n.

Racefamily

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Gl. 437, 11

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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I. P. 22; Th. i. 332, 29