meox-scofl
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3
unrihthǽmed-fremere
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An adulterer, a fornicator man þe . . . beóþ oferdrinceras and unrihthǽmedfremeras, Nap. 66
were-wulf
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild
freó-wíf
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Cf. freó-man
gúþ-mæcga
A warlike man ⬩ bellicosus vir
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A warlike man; bellicosus vir Salm. Kmbl. 181; Sal.90 [MS. A]
ge-lóme
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Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add
feþe-leás
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Sum deáf man and féþeleás, ofer þone man becóm godcund wracu . . . Ꝥ hé ne meahte ne gehýran ne gangan. Ac hé gecreáp in þæs eádgan Berhtinus ciricean . . . Þá meahte hé gehýran and gangan, Shrn. 126, 22.
hæftan
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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6.
am-byre
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.
brycg-bót
a bridge ⬩ a repairing ⬩ A repairing or restoring of a bridge ⬩ pontis restitutio vel instauratio
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[brycg a bridge, bót a repairing] A repairing or restoring of a bridge; pontis restitutio vel instauratio Brycgbóta aginne man georne let a man diligently begin the repairing of bridges, L. C.
trod
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Gif mon trode bedrífþ forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer, ðonne befæste mon ðæt spor landes mannum . . . Gif mon secge ðæt man ðæt trod áwóh drífe, ðonne mót se ðe ðæt yrfe áh trodað (trod óð ?) tó stæðe lǽdan, L. O. Ð. 1 ; Th. i. 352, 3-11.
Linked entry: sealtrode
un-ásmeágendlíc
Unsearchable ⬩ past finding out ⬩ inscrutable
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Ðære sáwle brógan, unásmeágendlícu yrmðu ( misery beyond the power of man to explore ), Wulfst. 249, 19. He mé gefrætwode mid unásmeágendlícra wurðfulnesse, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 31.
Linked entry: á-smeágendlic
án-wille
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Ánwille pervicaci, Germ. 393, 63. þzt yfel þe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 24. Ne flýt ðú ná wið ánwilne man, Prov. K. 5. Ánwille obstinatam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 2. Þá ánwillan, 82, 66.
rotian
To rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify
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Mid ðam ( myrrh ) man smyraþ rícra manna líc ðæt hig rotian ne mágon, Anglia viii. 299, 48
weorold-bearn
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A child of earth, a man, Exon. Th. 493, 9 ; Rä. 81, 27
á-metsian
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To provide food for Man him ámetsode, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 27 note
drync-gemet
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Measure of drink Ꝥ man ne mæge ꝥ drincgemett bringan forð, Nap. 17
ǽl-hýd
An eel-skin
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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2
Linked entry: hýd
hamelian
To mutilate ⬩ to mutilate ⬩ some had their hands or feet cut off ⬩ mutilare ⬩ mutilatus
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To mutilate Sume man hamelode some were mutilated, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 38
Linked entry: hamel
beadu-folm
A war or bloody hand ⬩ bellica manus
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A war or bloody hand; bellica manus Nán íren blódge beadufolme onberan wolde no iron would impair his bloody warhand, Beo. Th. 1984; B. 990