gánung
A yawning ⬩ oscĭtātio
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A yawning; oscĭtātio, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 59; Wrt. Voc. 46, 18
geafu
A gift ⬩ dōnum
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A gift; dōnum Ic mót meorda hleótan, gingra geafena I may obtain rewards, new gifts, Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 21; Gú. 1015
geápung
A heaping ⬩ heap ⬩ pile ⬩ cŭmŭlus
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A heaping, heap, pile; cŭmŭlus Fóþ him on, and on geápunga eówre niðerunge gelǽdaþ accĭpĭte, et in cŭmŭlum damnātiōnis vestræ dūcĭte, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 14, note 13, MS. B
hrið-suht
Fever
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Fever Hál of ridesohte the fever left her, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 31
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macung
Making ⬩ doing ⬩ action
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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1
mǽd-rǽdenn
A mowing ⬩ grass mown on a piece of land
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A mowing, grass mown on a piece of land Seó mǽdrǽden beniþan díc betweónan cealdan lace and cullig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 153, 10
mǽg
A woman ⬩ kinswoman
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A woman, kinswoman Freólecu mǽg (Eve), Cd. 42; Th. 55, 17; Gen. 895 : (Cain's wife), 50; Th. 64, 21; Gen. 1053 : (Hagar ), 101; Th. 134, 18; Gen. 2226. Drihtlícu mǽg ( Sara ), 89; Th. 111, 2; Gen. 1850 : 133; Th. 168, 12; Gen. 2781. Mǽg ælfsciéno (Sara
mǽg-scír
A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family
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A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family Teá monna látwu ofer téno oððe of mégscíre is decanus super x. vel decurio (the glosser seems to have taken de as a separate word) est, Rtl. 193, 19
mǽgþ
Importunate desire ⬩ ambition
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Importunate desire, ambition Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt him nǽfre seó mǽgþ and seó gítsung forwel ne lícode, Bt. tit. 17; Fox xii, 24. Cf. Ðú wást ðæt mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes forwel ne lícode scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem
Linked entry: mýgþ
mǽl
A speech ⬩ talk ⬩ conversation
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A speech, talk, conversation Gemuna ða mǽla ðe wé oft æt meodo sprǽcon think of the talks that we oft had at table, Byrht. Th. 137, 66; By. 212
mǽrsung
a making known ⬩ report ⬩ rumour ⬩ fame ⬩ renown ⬩ celebrity ⬩ celebration ⬩ a making great ⬩ magnifying ⬩ glorification ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ excellency ⬩ honour ⬩ favour
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a making known, report, rumour Spranc mérsung ðiús (fama hæc) in alle eorþo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 26. Gefehto and mérsungo (opiniones) ðara gefehto, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7. fame, renown, celebrity Gesprang mérsung his in alle Syria abiit opinio ejus in
martyrung
Suffering as a martyr
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Suffering as a martyr Ymbe his martyrunga de passione Christi, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 254, 24
menniscu
Humanity ⬩ state of man
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Humanity, state of man Hé forleás his mennisce ut homo esse perderet, Past. 4, 2; Swt. 39, 24
meoring
Obstacle ⬩ impediment ⬩ hindrance
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Obstacle, impediment, hindrance Moyses ofer ða fela meoringa fyrde gelǽdde Moses with many hindrances led the army across them, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 16; Exod. 62
méting
A painting ⬩ picture
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A painting, picture Métincg pictura, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Sow. 31, 61. Métingc, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 73: 75, 19. Swá swá on métinge biþ forsewen seó blace anlícnys, ðæt seó hwíte sý beorhtre gesewen, Homl. Th. i. 334, 12. On óðre wísan wé sceáwiaþ métinge, and
micelu
Size
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Size On ðære mycele ðe leáces of the size of a leek, Herb. 49, 1; Lchdm. i. 152, 16
midlung
The middle ⬩ midst
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The middle, midst Of midlunge hwelpa de medio catulorum, Ps. Lamb. 56, 5. Of midlunge ðínum bósme de medio sinu tuo, 73, 11. On midlunge sceaduwe dǽþes in medio umbrae mortis, Ps. Spl. 22, 4: Cant. Moys. 19: Cant. Abac. 2: Ps. Lamb. 73, 12. On midlunga
minsung
Parsimony
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Parsimony Forhæuednys parsimonia; minsong abstinentia, Hpt. Gl. 494, 41
mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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hindering, leading astray Merrunga seductiones, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8. Cf. mirra. [O. Frs. meringa hindrance: O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne
mis-healdsumness
Want of observance ⬩ negligence
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Want of observance, negligence Be muneces mishealdsumnysse de monachi inobservantia, L. Ecg. P. iii. tit. 11; Th. ii. 196, 3
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