maða
A grub ⬩ worm ⬩ maggot
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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
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
Unreasoning ⬩ foolish ⬩ mad
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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
mǽre-mǽd
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a boundary meadow Ðis syndon þá landgemǽro . . . norðrihte on mǽremǽde westewearde, C. D. iii. 416, 18. (?)
man
One ⬩ anyone ⬩ they ⬩ people
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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
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
eal-mǽst
ALMOST ⬩ totum 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
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mǽl-dæg
A day ⬩ season ⬩ an 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
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
eórod-man
A horseman ⬩ ĕques
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A horseman; ĕques Líhte se eórod-man desĭluit ĕques, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 33
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mǽsc-wyrt
Mash-wort ⬩ the wort in the mash-tub
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'Mash-wort, the wort in the mash-tub. On the malt boiling water is poured and allowed to stand three quarters of an hour; the liquid is wort, or mash-wort,' Lchdm. ii. 399, col. i Máxwyrte amber fulne, L.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Ðá cwǽdon ða ealdras and ða mæssepreóstas tó Pilate, Nicod. 10; Thw. 5, 22: 11; Thw. 6, 2. a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass.
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fæderen-mǽg
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
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æhte man
A husbandman ⬩ a farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ colonus
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A husbandman, a farmer, ploughman; colonus Laboratores sind yrþlingas and ǽhte men labourers are ploughmen and husbandmen, Ælfc. T. 40, 20
dæg-mǽl
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
cilda mæsse-dæg
Childermas [Innocents'] -day ⬩ festum innocentium
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Childermas [Innocents'] -day; festum innocentium Ðys Gódspel sceal on cilda [MS. cylda] mæsse-dæg this Gospel must be on Childermas [Innocents']-day, Dec. 28th, Rubc. Mt. Bos. 2, 13-18; Notes, p. 574
landes mann
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mæst-twist
A rope to support a mast, ⬩ a stay
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A rope to support a mast, a stay Mæsttwist parastates, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 77, 127; Wrt. Voc. 56, 44. Mæstwist, 63, 48
mann-swica
A traitor
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A traitor Ðyder ( to hell ) sculan mannslagan and ðider sculan manswican, Wulfst. 26, 15
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mæstan
To fatten
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To fatten Maestun saginabant. Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 61: Ep. Gl. 24b, 27. Ic wylle ðæt man mæste mínum wífe twá hund swína, Chart. Th. 596, 21. Is mæst saginatur, nutritur, Hpt. Gl. 489, 43. Weorþaþ mæsted pinguescent, Ps. Th. 64, 13
mæst-ráp
A rope fastening a sail to a mast
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A rope fastening a sail to a mast, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 27; Exod. 82