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
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mongering
mǽge
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Ic selle Cyneswíðe mínre mégan lond, C. D. ii. 100, 10. Add
-mǽl
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Ðú eart mǽre God, and Jacobes God se mǽra, Ps. Th. 83, 8 : 103, 23. God mǽre (excelsus) álýsend heora is. Ps. Spl. 77, 39. Freá ælmihtig, mǽre þeóden, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 34; Gen. 853. Se mǽra Fæder ( God ), L. Ælfc. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 4.
mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Geond ealle world, and ðeáh mǽst in Thasalia, 1. 6; Swt. 36, 8. Swá hié mǽst mehten as much as ever they could, 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32: Past. 28; Swt. 190, 9. Ealles mǽst maxime, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7.
mǽ
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more
mǽl-dæg
A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time
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Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde on ðǽm mǽldagum mægen and strengo, 79; Th. 98, 18; Gen. 1632
Linked entry: mál-dæg
brogden-mǽl
a spot, mark ⬩ Turned or marked with a spot or sign ⬩ tortum 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
masc
A mesh ⬩ a net ⬩ toil
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A mesh, a net, toil Ic wyrpe max míne on eá pono retia mea in amne, Coll. Monast, Th. 23, 9: 21, 13. On ðám maxum in retibus, 21, 19
mǽne
Common
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Common Mǽna lǽse common pasturage. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 284, 8
maca
A make ⬩ mate ⬩ match
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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
mæger
Meagre ⬩ lean
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Meagre, lean Ða men beóþ mægre and bláce on onsýne ðeáh ðe hié ǽr fætte wǽron the men will be lean and pale of aspect, though before they were fat, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 3
mǽr-ness
Greatness ⬩ distinction ⬩ celebrity
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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
maga
Powerful ⬩ strong ⬩ a powerful person
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Ne mæg se unmaga ðam magan gelíce byrðene áhebban, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 7
maga
The MAW ⬩ stomach
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The MAW, stomach Maga stomachus, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 114; Wrt. Voc. 45, 19: 65, 54: Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 40. Fleumon, magan untrymness, 39, 12. Magan masdi, 56, 9. Gif se maga áþened síe, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 158, 4. Be geswelle ðæs magan, 158, 6.
Linked entries: ælmes-hand mage
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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for similar division of meanings) a relative, Similar entries v. heáfod-, níd-mága; máge. a son Mága Healfdenes ( Hrothgar ), Beo. Th. 381; B. 189: 2953; B. 1474: 4293; B. 2143. Mága Ecgþeówes ( Beowulf ), 5168; B. 2587. Ic ( Christ ) sylf gestág mága
MANN
MAN ⬩ a human being of either sex ⬩ a man who is wnder the authority of another ⬩ a servant ⬩ vassal ⬩ liege-man ⬩ a parishioner
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MAN, a human being of either sex Hic et hæc homo ǽgþer is mann ge wer ge wíf, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 54. Ðes mann iste homo, ðises mannes istius hominis, dat. ðisum menn, acc. ðysne mann, abl. fram ðisum menn; pl. n. acc. ðás menn, gen. ðyssera manna,
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mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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Ðe mǽtu sprecaþ ofer me qui maligna loquuntur super me, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 30. Biþ seó síþre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne (inferior in virtue), Exon. 33a; Th. 105, 2; Gú. 17.