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mage

(n.)
Grammar
mage, an; f.

The bellyventriculus

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The belly; ventriculus, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 43; Wrt. Voc. 44, 26

Linked entry: maga

máge

(n.)
Grammar
máge, an; f.

A kinswoman

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A kinswoman Elizabeþ ðín mǽge (máge, MSS. A. B.) cognata tua, Lk. Skt. 1, 36. Seó cwén his máge regina propinqua illius, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 24. Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe, Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27. From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430

Linked entry: mǽge

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

ge-máglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-máglíc, adj.
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Importunate, pertinacious Mid gemáglícum wópum with importunate weeping, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 1

Linked entry: ge-máhlíc

ge-máglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máglíce, adv.
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Urgently, importunately He tiht ǽlcne swíðe gemáglíce to gebedum he exhorts everybody very urgently to prayers, Homl. Th. i. 158, 13

Linked entry: ge-máhlíce

Mage-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Mage-sǽte, -sǽtan; pl.

The people of Herefordshire

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The people of Herefordshire, Chr. 1016; Erl. 158, 4

níd-máge

(n.)
Grammar
níd-máge, an; f.

A near kinswomana cousin

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A near kinswoman, a cousin Ǽfre ne geweorðe ðæt cristen man gewífige on ðæs wífes nýdmágan ðe hé ǽr hæfde, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 16. Nédmágan, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24

Linked entries: níd-mǽg máge

Mage-sǽte

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In pago Magesǽtna, C. D. B. iii. 242, 23. See note, and Chr. P. ii. 197: 219. Add

níd-máge

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Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, Wlfst. 162, 21. Add

agu

(n.)

A piemagpiepica

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A pie, magpie; pica, Ælfc. Gl, 38; Som. 63, 22; Wrt. Voc. 29, 43

higera

(n.)
Grammar
higera, higora, an; m: higere an; f

A magpie or a woodpecker

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A magpie or a woodpecker ; see Exon. 106b; Th. 406, 14; Rä. 25 where the name of a bird that can imitate various sounds is given by the runes G, A, R, O, H, I. Higera picus. Wit. Voc. 62, 34. Higere picus, 281, 5: gaia vel catanus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: higre