ge-maca
A mate, an equal, companion ⬩ par, socius ⬩ socius
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A mate, an equal, companion; par, socius Gemaca hic et hæc par, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 50. Of eallum nýtenum ealles flǽsces twegen gemacan of all beasts two of the same kind, male and female, Gen. 6, 19
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dirn-maga
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One who presides at mysteries Dyrnmaga mysteriarches, Germ. 397, 350
mága-þíht
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Strong of stomach
marm-stán
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Se marmstán sceolde beón onwænded, sé wæs áseted ofer his byrgene. Þá þá se marmstán áweg genumen wæs, Gr. D. 302, 15-16. Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh geworht of marmstáne, Hml. S. 20, 80. Godes encgel sette énne marmstán æt þæs mǽdenes heáfde, 8, 201. Add
mann-fultum
Military force ⬩ troops
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Hié gegaderodon máran monfultum ðonne Philippus hæfde they got together a greater force than Philip had, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 16
mann-þeóf
A man-stealer
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A man-stealer Manigu wítu [wǽron] máran ðonne óðru; nú sint ealle gelíce bútan manþeófe, cxx sciłł, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 7. Cf. Gif mon forstolenne man befó æt óðrum, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 16. Gif þeówne man man forstǽle, L.
hýre-mann
a subject ⬩ follower ⬩ servant ⬩ subordinate ⬩ a parishioner ⬩ a hearer
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One who obeys, or is subject to, another, a subject, follower, servant, subordinate, [as an ecclesiastical term] a parishioner, a hearer: Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum
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frec-máse
The nun bird ⬩ titmouse ⬩ pārus cærŭleus
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The nun bird, titmouse; pārus cærŭleus Frecmáse sigitula ? Wrt. Voc. 281, 9
mǽ
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máh
Wicked ⬩ wanton
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Wicked, wanton, Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 47; Reim. 62
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mán
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Mid deóflum drohtnoð habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Uton forbúgan mán and morðor, 188, 14. Mán pro nefas, An. Ox. 53, 27. Synt mán ( nequitiae ) on heora wunungum, Ps. L. 54, 16. Mánu flagitia, Scint. 88, 15. Hwǽr syndon úre godas þe swylcra
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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fór-mǽl
An agreement ⬩ a treaty ⬩ fœdus ⬩ pactum
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An agreement, a treaty; fœdus, pactum Wið ðam ðe he eall ðæt lǽste ðæt uncer fórmǽl wæs on condition that he fulfil all that was our agreement, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 8. Æfter ðam fórmálum [MS. -málan] according to the treaties, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284
mǽr-bróc
A brook which forms a boundary
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A brook which forms a boundary, cf. mearc-bróc Tó mǽrbróce; of mǽrbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)
mann-rǽdenn
homage ⬩ the condition of being another's man ⬩ service or dues paid by the tenant to the owner
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homage, the condition of being another's man (v. mann, II.) Ðá cwǽdon úre frínd ðæt wé cómon tó eówre manrǽdene then our friends said that we should come and make submission to you, Jos. 9, 11. Ealle hig bugon tó Israéla manrǽdene, 13, l. 5: Th. An.
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
cól-máse
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and add Colmáse bardioriolus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 61: parrula, Hpt. 31, 241, 46
neáh-mann
A neighbour
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A neighbour Him se gesíþ eác fultumade and ealle ða neáhmenn juvante etiam comite ac vicinis omnibus, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 14. Ða néhmen vicini, 1, 33; S. 499, 10. Úrum neáhmannum vicinis nostris, Ps. Th. 79, 6: Shrn. 73, 35
ge-mǽran
To celebrate, divulge, spread abroad
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To celebrate, divulge, spread abroad Ðá ðeós gesyhþ wæs gemǽred qua divulgata visione, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 25 : 3, 10; S. 535, note 2. Gemǽred wæs word ðis mið Iudeum divulgatum est verbum istud apud Judæos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 15. Hiæ gemérdon hine illi