drý-man
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A magician, sorcerer Hé eóde tó ánum drýmen ... þá gebróhte se drýman þone cnapan tó his deófle, Hml. S. 3, 367. Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, Iamnes and Mambres, 17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. Þurhdrýmanna dydrunge
burga man
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A citizen; civis Sí hit burga man sim civis sit ille, Deut. 1. 16
glí-man
fáh-man
A foeman, an enemy ⬩ inĭmīcus
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A foeman, an enemy; inĭmīcus Gif hie fáhmon [fáhman MS. H.] geierne if a foeman flee to it, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 9
Linked entry: ge-fáhmon
ambeht-man
A servant-man
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A servant-man
ǽwda-man
A witness ⬩ fidejussor ⬩ consacramentalis
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A witness; fidejussor, consacramentalis Rim ǽwdamanna a number of witnesses, L. H. E. 5; Th. i. 28, 12
féðe-man
A footman ⬩ soldier ⬩ pĕdestris mīles ⬩ pĕdes
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A footman or soldier; pĕdestris mīles, pĕdes, Som. Ben. Lye
frig-man
A freeman ⬩ hŏmo līber
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A freeman; hŏmo līber Gif frigman freólsdæge wyrce if a freeman work on a festival-day, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 12, note 28: 47; Th. i. 402, 21. Gif frigman fréum stelþ if a freeman steal from a freeman, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2
gió-man
A man of old ⬩ qui olim vixit
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A man of old; qui olim vixit Giómonna gestrión the wealth of men of old, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 46; Met. 1, 23. v. iú-man
gum-man
A famous man, a man ⬩ vir clarus, homo,
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A famous man, a man; vir clarus, homo, Beo. Th. 2061; B. 1028
heáfod-man
A chief man, prince, captain, leader ⬩ a chief, leader ⬩ satrapa ⬩ captain
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A chief man, prince, captain, leader Heáfodman vel þegn primas, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 5; Wrt. Voc. 42, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 514, 14. Þæt folc wearþ micclum ástyred, and ða heáfodmenn and ða bóceras the people were much stirred up and the elders and the
fæderen-mǽg
A relation on the father's side, paternal relative ⬩ a patre cognātus, agnātus
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A relation on the father's side, paternal relative; a patre cognātus, agnātus Cain gewearþ to ecgbanan fæderenmǽge Cain became the murderer of his father's son, Beo. Th. 2530; B. 1263. Fædrenmǽga mǽgleás kinless of paternal relatives, L. Alf. pol. 27
Linked entries: fædering-mǽg fædern-mǽg fædren-mǽg
fædern-mǽg
a paternal relative
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a paternal relative, Ælfc. Gl 92; Som. 75, 37; Wrt. Voc. 51, 79
hylde-mǽg
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A near and dear kinsman, Cd. 52; Th. 67, 1; Gen. 1094: 94; Th. 122, 25; Gen. 2032
hýrig-mann
A subject ⬩ follower ⬩ parishioner
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A subject, follower, parishioner Hýrigmonnum, L. E. I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 27. Hýrigmen, 28; Th. ii. 424, 16
hýrig-mann
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30
lád-mann
A leader ⬩ guide
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A leader, guide Ðú canst wegas geond ðæt wésten beó úre ládmann thou knowest the ways through the desert; be our guide; eris ductor poster, Num. 10, 31. Abram férde of Egipta lande and Farao him funde ládmen præcepit Pharao super Abram viris et deduxerunt
lah-mann
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A man acquainted with, and whose duty it was to declare, the law xii lahmenn scylon riht tǽcean Wealan and Ænglan vi Engliscne and vi Wylisce. Þolien ealles ðæs hý ágon gif hí wóh tǽcen oþþe geládian hí ðæt hí bet ne cúþon xii lawmen shall declare the
land-mann
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A native of a country Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðé má bútan gesettan landmen se hine sceal æt stæðe underfón and eft ðǽr bútan fácne gebringan. Gyf se landman ǽniges fácnes gewita sý ðonne sý hé wítes scyldig