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tóþ-mægen

(n.)
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tóþ-mægen, es; n.

Strength of teeth or tusks

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Strength of teeth or tusks Eofor tóþmægenes trum, Menol. Fox 499; Gn. C. 20

MǼG

(n.)
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MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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A relative, kinsman Mǽg propinquus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 45 : Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 51. Hwylc þyncþ ðé ðæt sý ðæs mǽg ðe on ða sceaðan befeóll quis videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi qui incidet in latrones? Lk. Skt. 10, 36. Meig contribulius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg

mǽþ-full

(adj.)
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mǽþ-full, adj.

Shewing respect to otherscourteoushumane

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Shewing respect to others, courteous, humane (v. mǽþ, V.) Mǽðfull humanus, Ælfc. Gr. 45; Som. 41, 42

mǽþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-leás, adj.

Without moderationgreedy

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Without moderation, greedy 'Ðás fugelas habbaþ feónda gelícnysse, ðe menn grǽdelíce grípaþ tó grimre helle.' Ðá hét Martinus ða mǽþleásan fugelas ðæs fixnoþes geswícan, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 11

mǽþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-líc, adj.

Moderatein accordance with due measureproper to a person's degreehaving regard to others

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Moderate, in accordance with due measure, proper to a person's degree, having regard to others (v. mǽþ-líce) Beón ða heregeata swá hit mǽþlíc sý let the heriots be as is proper to the several degrees (earl's, king's thane, &c. ), L. C. S. 72;

Linked entry: mǽþ-full

mǽþ-líce

(adv.)
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mǽþ-líce, adv.

With due regard to otherscourteously

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With due regard to others, courteously Mǽþlíce humaniter, Ælfc. Gr. 45; Som. 41, 43: 42, 6

Linked entry: un-mǽþlíce

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Linked entry: méd-líc

Mǽþ-ware

(n.)
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the Medes Médware, Shrn. 155, 33

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un-mǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽge, adj.

Not of kinnot relatedalien

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Not of kin, not related, alien Ic wæs unmǽge gyst módor cildum factus sum hospes filiis matris meae, Ps. Th. 68, 8

Linked entry: -mǽge

un-mǽþ

(n.)
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un-mǽþ, e; f.

Transgressionwrong

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Transgression, wrong. Ða discipulas wǽron on heora módgeþance swíðlíce áfyrhte and gedréfde, swá hit nǽnig fyren wæs (unmǽþ næs, MS. F. i.e. it was perfectly right that they should be troubled ), Homl. Ass. 162, 234

mǽþ-leás

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Bebeád Martínus þám mǽðleásum scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml. S. 31, 1322. Add

mǽþ-méd

(n.)
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mǽþ-méd, e; f.
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Reward for mowing Gytteorm for yrðe, mǽðméd gutfirma ad arandum et firma pratorum fenandorum, Ll. Th. i. 440, 27

Linked entry: mǽþ

ge-mal-mægen

(n.)

an assembly

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an assembly

mǽg-cúð

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽg-cúð, adj.

Related

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Related Mǽgcúðre sibbe cognate propinquitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 34

mǽg-cúð

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Mǽgcúþre cognate An. Ox. 2700. Add

nǽgen

(v.)
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nǽgen, = ne mǽgen
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Gedó ðæt hý nǽgen dón ðæt yfel ðæt hý þencaþ make them unable to do the evil that they devise; decidant a cogitationibus suis, Ps. Th. 5, 11

wyn-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-mǽg, e; f.

A beloved kinswoman

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A beloved kinswoman Seó fǽmne, wuldres wynmǽg (the kinswoman in whom he had delighted), Exon. Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319

médren-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
médren-mǽg, es; m.

A kinsman by the mother's side, maternal kinsman

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A kinsman by the mother's side, maternal kinsman Méddernmágas cognati, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 80. Ðara médrenmǽga (méddrenmága, MS. H.) dǽl, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 21. Gif hé médrenmǽgas náge, 27; Th. i. 78, 21

mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg, e; f.

A womankinswoman

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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