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mare

(n.)
Grammar
mare, an; f.

Silverweed

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Silverweed,L. M. 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 74, 9

mǽd

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Dele the passage from C. D. iii. 52, 15, and add: meadow*-*land Ðára oxena wíc and seó mǽd ðe ðǽr mid rihte tó gebyreð . . . and seó meád benorðan eá, C. D. v. 383, 14-18. Feówer æceras mǽde bewestan eé, i. 175, 2. [On hreódmǽde lace, vi. 153, 9. Mómǽde

mǽg

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Add: a kinsman Gif áðer oþþe mǽg oþþe fremde þá ráde forsace, Ll. Th. i. 268, 21. Léte heó hit tó sweolcum hire méga swelce hit hire tó geearnigan wille, C. D. ii. 100, 22. Ðis wæs gedón ou gewitnesse his ágenra mága Æðelstánes and Æðelhúnnes and eác

mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg, f.
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Seó fríðe mǽg ( the bird that hatches the cuckoo?s egg ), Rä. 10, 9. Add

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.
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add: very much Þæt orþancum ealde reccað, þá þe mǽgburge mǽst gefrúnon, Exod. 360. Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes and hé mǽst geþah þara þe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe, Víd. 16. Þeáh leahtras bysigen monna módsefan mǽst and swíðost. Met. 22,

maga

Grammar
maga, able.
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Add: having means Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga ( a person of less ability; qui minus possit) þone se cyninges þegn, Ll. Th. i. 154, 7. Sé þe lǽsse maga (mæge, mage, v. ll.) sý ( qui minus potest, qui impotencior est [old Latin versions])

máge

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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23. Fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wife

-mang

(suffix)
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mongering

malm

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-mǽl

(suffix)
Grammar
-mǽl, n.

maða

(n.)
Grammar
maða, an; m.

A grubwormmaggot

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A grub, worm, maggot Maþa tomus ( = tarmus), Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 12; Wrt. Voc. 24, 16. Maða (maðu?) cimex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 44. His gesceapu maðan weóllon, Homl. Th. i. 86, 10. Cf. Eorþ-mata (-maða?) vermis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 44

mád

(adj.)
Grammar
mád, (v. ge-maad vecors,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
); adj.

Unreasoningfoolishmad

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Unreasoning, foolish, mad Þrinteþ him on innan ungeméde mád mód within him (one guilty of oferhygd) swells a mind displeasing by its folly, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 2; Mód. 25

hice-máse

(n.)
Grammar
hice-máse, an; f.

The blue titmouse

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Cf. col-máse

Linked entry: hice

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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One, anyone, they, people; it is often used with the active voice where modern English would take the passive Man brohte his heáfod on ánum disce and sealde ðam mǽdene allatum est caput ejus in disco, et datum est puellæ, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 11. Tó middyre

Linked entries: MANN mon

brogden-mǽl

(n.; part.)
Grammar
brogden-mǽl, es; n. [brogden, pp. of bregdan, mǽl
a spot, mark
]

a spot, markTurned or marked with a spot or signtortum vel curvatum signum

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Turned or marked with a spot or sign; tortum vel curvatum signum Beofaþ brogden-mǽl what is marked by signs [the sword] trembles or glitters, Elen. Kmbl. 1514; El. 759

eal-mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-mǽst, æl-mǽst; adv.

ALMOSTtotum fere, pene

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ALMOST; totum fere, pene Hit iseal-mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset sanctōrum hŏmĭnum nōmĭnĭbus totum fere obsĭtum est, Bd. Whelc. 448, 18; Homl. Th. ii. 466, 22

Linked entry: æl-mǽst

mǽl-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-dæg, es; m.

A dayseasonan appointed time

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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339. Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde on

Linked entry: mál-dæg

mǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-ness, e; f.

Greatnessdistinctioncelebrity

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Greatness, distinction, celebrity Mycelnesse ł mǽr*-*nesse magnitudinis, Ps. Lamb. 144, 3. Mǽrnesse insignia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 12. Mǽrnessa preconia, 66, 39

fæderen-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-mǽg, fædern-mǽg, fædren-mǽg, -mág, es; m. [mǽg a relation]

A relation on the father's side, paternal relative a patre cognātus, agnātus

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A relation on the father's side, paternal relative; a patre cognātus, agnātus Cain gewearþ to ecgbanan fæderenmǽge Cain became the murderer of his father's son, Beo. Th. 2530; B. 1263. Fædrenmǽga mǽgleás kinless of paternal relatives, L. Alf. pol. 27

dæg-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mǽl, es; n. [mǽl a mark]

A day-mark, an instrument for telling the hour, a dial, clock horologium = ώρoλόγιoν = ώρα an hour: λόγιoν a telling, an announcement

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A day-mark, an instrument for telling the hour, a dial, clock; horologium = ώρoλόγιoν = ώρα an hour: λόγιoν a telling, an announcement, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 58; Wrt. Voc. 26, 57