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mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, mowing.
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Se Godes þeówa cwæð: 'Árís and ber þis gréne híg þám horsum . . . nú is lytel tó láfe þysses mǽþes (cf. hé máweþ heig on þissere dene, 2), and swá þis gedón byþ, ic gá æfter þá' leva fenum viride, porta pabulum jumentis; ecce ego, quia parum superest,

maga

Grammar
maga, able.
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Add: having means Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga ( a person of less ability; qui minus possit) þone se cyninges þegn, Ll. Th. i. 154, 7. Sé þe lǽsse maga (mæge, mage, v. ll.) sý ( qui minus potest, qui impotencior est [old Latin versions])

máge

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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23. Fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wife

-mang

(suffix)
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mongering

marc

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malm

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mǽge

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Ic selle Cyneswíðe mínre mégan lond, C. D. ii. 100, 10. Add

-mǽge

(suffix)

Similar entry: un-mǽge

mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽle, adj.
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Marked, spotted On mǽlan beorh middeweardne, C. D. v. 166, 3

-mǽle

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-mǽle, adj.
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sam-mǽle

mǽne

Grammar
mǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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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

mǽra

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Tó werbolde .XL. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, C. D. iii. 451. 1

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
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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

(suffix)
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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

folc-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-mǽre, nom. pl. n. folc-mǽro; adj.

Folk-known or popularcĕlĕberpŏpŭlōsus

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Folk-known or popular; cĕlĕber, pŏpŭlōsus Ofer folc-mǽro land over celebrated lands, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 5; Gen. 1801

mǽg-wlite

Grammar
mǽg-wlite, <b>még-wlite,</b> es; m.

Appearanceformspeciesspeciesformaaspectus

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Appearance, form, species; species, forma, aspectus Mégwlit aspectus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 28, 3. Mǽgwlit (mégwlitt, Rush) onsióne his species vultus ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 29. Tó mǽgwlite andgytes ad formam sensus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 34. Ðæt ðú meahte mínum

Linked entry: scír

eal-mǽst

(adv.)
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eal-mǽst, æl-mǽst; adv.

ALMOSTtotum 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

Linked entry: æl-mǽst

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

wine-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wine-mǽg, s; m.

A loving kinsman

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A loving kinsman Him his winemágas georne hýrdon, Beo. Th. 131; B. 65: Byrht. Th. 140, 50; By. 306: Elen. Kmbl. 2029; El. 1016. Hé winemága lyt, freónda hæfde, Cd. Th. 158, 31; Gen. 2625. Winemǽga hryre, Exon. Th. 287, 1; Wand. 7: 184, 2; Gú. 1338. Winemǽgum

a-mæt

Grammar
a-mæt, a-mǽte measuredst,

measured

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measured,Elen. Kmbl. 2493; El. 1248: 1456; El. 730