mǽte
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Hé mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. Hý getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Ðá druncengeornan synt micele mǽttran
mǽte
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Poorly, badly Him þúhte ꝥ heora frið mǽttor (mæctor, MS.) gelǽst wǽre þonne hit scolde, Ll. Th. i. 162, 3. v. or-, úþ-mǽte
mǽle
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Marked, spotted On mǽlan beorh middeweardne, C. D. v. 166, 3
-mǽle
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sam-mǽle
mǽne
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Þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, þæt is . . . leásunga and mǽne áþas, Wlfst. 135, 3. Ic eom anddetta mǽnra áða, Angl. xi. 101, 35. Add
mǽre
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Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add
-mǽre
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illustrious. Add Mǽran illustris (Agnae gloriosum exemplar), An. Ox. 4276. Add Mǽre sublimis (celsitudo), An. Ox. 1007. Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Ðín mægen is swá mǽre, swá ðæt ǽnig ne wát eorþbúende ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta, Hy. 3, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 31.
mǽle
spotted
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spotted
mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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A night-mare, a monster oppressing men during sleep (cf. passage quoted in Cl. and Vig. under mara; 'En er hann hafði litt sofnat, kallaði hann ok sagði at mara trað hann. Menn hans fóru til, ok vildu hjálpa honum; en er þeir tóku uppi til höfuðsins,
mǽre
A boundary ⬩ limit ⬩ confine ⬩ border
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A boundary, limit, confine, border Ondlong ðæs mǽres (meres?) heges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 30: ii. 250, 7(?). In mǽre Judéana in fines Judaea, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 1. In mǽrum in villas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 56. In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk. Skt
mære
pure
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pure, in the phrase mǽre peningas = Lat. meri denarii i.e. coins made of pure silver, v. Ducange s.v. merus, quoted by Schmid. The passage in which the word is found occurs in L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 10 Mid V. pundum mǽrra pæninga. With this may be
mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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Moderate, mean (between two extremes), small, poor, bad; in the cpve. inferior, applied to persons, of a middle or lower class Reste hé ðǽr mǽte weorode(alone), Rood. Kmbl. 138; Kr. 69. So again Ic ána wæs mǽte werede, 245; Kr. 124. Unrím ealra cwycra
-mǽle
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Dera mǽgþ
The country of the Deirians, Deira, being part of Northumbria, situate between the Tyne and Humber ⬩ Deirōrum provincia
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The country of the Deirians, Deira, being part of Northumbria, situate between the Tyne and Humber; Deirōrum provincia In \Dera mǽgþe in provincia Deirōrum, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 14
mægden-cild
A female child ⬩ girl
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A female child, girl Gif hit hysecild byþ ofsleáþ ðæt gif hit sí mǽdencild healdaþ ðæt si masculus fuerit, interficite eum, si femina reservate, Ex. 1, 16. Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm
mæg
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power, might, virtue Mæg (mægen ?) sóðes gebedes ys hýhð sóðre lufe uirtus vere orationis est celsitudo caritatis, Scint. 4, 19. Micel ys mæg (uirtus) gif þú ná dera fram þám þe þú gederod ert, 12, 17. Hé Godes ríce . . . eallum mæge (mægene ?)
mægþ-hád
maidenhood ⬩ virginity ⬩ celibacy ⬩ chastity ⬩ a body of young persons
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maidenhood, virginity, celibacy, chastity Ðú cennest cyning ealra clǽnnessa and ðinne mægþhád nó ne gewemmest, Blickl. Homl. 7, 36: Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 25; Cri. 289: 9 a; Th. 6, 16; Cri. 85 : Homl. Th. i. 460, 4. Mægþhád is ǽgðer ge on wǽpmannum ge on
mǽg
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Se wer gebirað mágum (mǽgðe, v. l. ), 186, 4. where protection, assistance, support, is given Mon mót feohtan mid his geborene mǽge, Ll. Th. i. 90, 24.