máge
A kinswoman
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A kinswoman Elizabeþ ðín mǽge (máge, MSS. A. B.) cognata tua, Lk. Skt. 1, 36. Seó cwén his máge regina propinqua illius, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 24. Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe, Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27. From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430
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mǽnan
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Hé cýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde, ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman qui pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet aperuit, Past. 137, 18.
mǽnan
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?)
mæðel
an assembly ⬩ a deliberative or judicial meeting ⬩ council ⬩ speech ⬩ address ⬩ harangue ⬩ conversation
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an assembly, a deliberative or judicial meeting, council In maeðle in curia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 45: Ep. Gl. 12 d, 35. An medle oððe an þinge, L. H. E. 8; Th. i. 30, 12. Sum in mæðle mæg módsnottera folcrǽdenne forþ gehycgan, ðǽr witena biþ worn ætsomne
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freá-mǽre
Very renowned ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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Very renowned; celeberrĭmus Firum freámǽrne eard weardian to inhabit a country very renowned to men, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 11; Pa. 10
Linked entry: frǽ-mǽre
mǽre-mǽd
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a boundary meadow Ðis syndon þá landgemǽro . . . norðrihte on mǽremǽde westewearde, C. D. iii. 416, 18. (?)
mæder
a measure
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a measure Ofgeót mid. iii. mædrum ealoþ, Lchdm. iii. 28, 16. (?)
mæra
An incubus
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An incubus Mera ł satyrus incuba, Ep. Gl. 12 f, 14
manna
Man ⬩ a man
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Man, a man Hwæt is se manna quid est homo? Ps. Th. 143, 4. On mannan mód, 117, 8. For ðissum earfoþnessum ðe wé ðissum mannan dydon, Blickl. Homl. 247, 18. Ic ádilige ðone mannan delebo hominem, Gen. 6, 7. God geworhte ǽnne mannan of láme, Homl. Th.
manna
Manna
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Manna Nemdon ðone mete manna, Ex. 16, 31: Ps. Spl. T. 77, 28: Num. 11, 9. Monna, Past. 17, 11; Swt. 125, 19
mæsse
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Se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and þá wæs seó mæsse ásteald þurh Críst, Hml. A. 71, 158. Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, Tech. ii. 119, 25. Gif þú (cf. se mæssepreóst, 18
mǽþ
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Add Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó secundum modum culpę, Chrd. 62, l. add Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Angl. xii. 514, 29. Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde, Hml. Th. i. 254, 19. Add Intingan
mægen
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Add Swá hwæt swá tóforan þám neádbehéfum belifen byþ on heora mægenes tilunge quidquid necessario victui superest ex operibus manuum, R. Ben. 138, 17, Ic sylle Wulfsige mínum geréfan wið his holdum mægene ( for his loyal and able service ) ánes hídes
mæger
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Hig hæfdon mycele heáfda, and mægere (manigre, MS. ) ansýne erant. . . capitibus magnis, macilenta facie Guth. Gr. 128, 114. Add
fore-mǽre
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Add: of persons Sum swíðe ǽnlic wer and foremǽre quidam spectabilis vir, Gr. D. 307, 1. Ꝥ wæs swíðe foremǽre man for Gode, and his gód wæs swíðe gecýðed, Bl. H. 217, 2. Þus heálices and ðus foremǽres úres mundboran láre folgian, 169, 17. Ꝥ mycele and