mán
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Þá oðswóran hié mid þǽm bismerlicestan áðe þæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre, þéh þá áðas wǽren neár máne (or sbst.?] þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12. Ic eom mánra áþa gewita, Angl. xii. 501, 19
ealdur-man
An elderman, alderman, nobleman ⬩ mājor nātu, princeps
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An elderman, alderman, nobleman; mājor nātu, princeps Nelle ge on ealdurmenn áne getreówian nōlīte confīdere in princĭpĭbus, Ps. Th. 145, 2: 118, 161
mǽg-gemót
A meeting of kinsmen
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A meeting of kinsmen Hé bebeád ofer ealne middangeard ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe hæfde. Ðæt tácnode ðæt on his dagum sceolde beón geboren se se ðe ús ealle tó ánum mǽggemóte gelaþaþ, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248,
mǽg-gewrit
A writing containing a list of kinsmen ⬩ a genealogical table ⬩ pedigree
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A writing containing a list of kinsmen, a genealogical table, pedigree, Cot. 213, Lye
mǽg-hǽmed
Incest
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Incest Nǽnig mǽghǽmed ne unclǽne fremme nullus incestum faciat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 15
Linked entry: hǽmed
mǽg-lagu
Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen
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Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage, L.
mǽl-dropa
Phlegm
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Phlegm Mǽldropa. flegma. i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 39
mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
mǽr-heg
A boundary (?) hedge
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A boundary (?) hedge Ondlong ðære burnan óþ hit cymeþ tó ðæm mǽrhege; ondlong ðæs mǽres heges ðæt hit cymeþ up on ða dúne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 29
mǽr-hlísa
Great fame ⬩ celebrity
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Great fame, celebrity Mid mǽrhlísan cælebri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 74
Linked entry: hlísa
mǽr-pytt
A pit that forms part of a boundary
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A pit that forms part of a boundary (?) On ðone mǽrpyt; of ðam pytte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 439, 1. Eást tó mǽrpytte, ii. 250, 5
mær-weorc
A great, splendid work,
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A great, splendid work, Ps. Th. 110, 4
mæsse-hrægel
A surplice
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A surplice Se sacerd scolde beón fæste bewǽfed on bǽm sculdrum mid ðæm mæssehrægle in utroque humero sacerdos velamine superhumeralis adstringitur, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 9. Ðes pápa gesette ðæt mæssepreóstas ne sceoldon brúcan gehálgodra mæssehrægla
Mæð-hild
A woman's name ⬩ Matilda
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A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14
magu-geóguþ
Youth
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Youth, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 23; Cri. 1429
magu-rǽdend
One who advises men
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One who advises men Woldon cræfta gehygd magorǽdendes ( St. Andrew ) mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2920; An. 1463
magu-rǽswa
A leader of men ⬩ a chief
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A leader of men, a chief Se magorǽswa mǽgþe sínre dómas sægde, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 2; Gen. 1624. Se ðe lǽdde, módig magorǽswa (MS. -ræwa), 145; Th. 181, 2; Exod. 55 : 143; Th. 178, 25; Exod. 17
Linked entry: rǽswa
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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A child Ðá heó wæs magotimbre eácen worden when she was with child, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 36; Gen. 2235. Mé sealde sunu sigora waldend, and mé cearsorge mid ðýs magotimbre of móde ásceáf, 55; Th. 68, 10; Gen. 1115. [Cf. Icel. manns-efni (efni material, stuff
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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A fire in which men lose their lives(?) Ðá wæs swíðe micel mancwealm, and se micela manbryne wæs on Lundene, and Paules mynster forbarn, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 6. [Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive
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mann-cwealm
Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter
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Death of men, pestilence, mortality, slaughter Mancwealm pestilentia, Bd. 1, 14, tit; S. 482, 14. On ðǽm dagum wæs se mǽsta mancwealm ( pestes plurimas dirosque morbos ), Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 15. Se micla moncwealm ingens pestilentia, 3, 3; Swt. 102,