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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0653, entry 11 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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mæc;
adj.
Well-matched,
equal,
agreeable(?)
:--
Hár
hildering
hréman
ne
þorfte
macan
(other
MSS.
mecca,
meca,
mecga)
gem
nan
the
grey-haired
warrior
had
no
need
to
boast
of
well-matched
intercourse,
i.
e.
would
not
boast
of
being
a
match
for
those
against
whom
he
fought,
and
by
whom
he
had
been
defeated,
Chr.
937;
Erl.
114,
6;
Ædelst.
40.
[Prompt.
Parv.
make
or
fyte
and
mete;
mak,
fyt,
esy
aptus,
conveniens
:
Icel.
makr
suitable,
easy
to
deal
with.]
v.
ge-mæc.
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mæcg,mecg,
es;
m.
A
man
:--
Ic
meþelcwide
mæcges
(the
angel
that
visited
Guthlac)
ongeat,
Exon.
50
b;
Th.
175,
9;
Gú.
1192.
Mægþ
and
mæcgas,
45
a;
Th.
153.
29;
Gú.
833
:
113
a;
Th.
434,
7;
Rä.
51,
7.
Fréfra
ðíne
mæcgas
(the
disciples
of
St.
Andrew),
Andr.
Kmbl.
843;
An.
422.
Mæcga
misgehýd
men's
evil
intent,
1543;
An.
773.
Mæcgea
(mecga,
MS.
C.)
mundbora
(Edmund),
Chr.
942;
Erl.
116,
8,
Mecga
(those
in
hell)
gnornunge,Cd.
220;
Th.
285,
8;
Sat.
334.
Mæcgum
(the
children
in
the
fiery
furnace),
187;
Th.
232,
24;
Dan.
265.
Adam
iécte
siððan
mægþum
and
mæcgum
mgburg
síne
Adam
afterwards
increased
his
family
with
daughters
and
sons,
55;
Th.
68,
26;
Gen.
1123.
DER.
ambeht-,
earfoþ-,
eóred-,
Geát-,
gigant-,
here-,
hilde-,
oret-,wræc-mæcg.
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wóm,
es;
m.
Sound,
noise
:--
Wunian
ðone
werigan
sele,
ðr
is
worn
and
wóp
wíde
gehéred,
and
gristbítunge,
and
gnornunge
mecga.
Cd.
Th.
285,
5
;
Sat.
333.
[Icel.
ómr
soand.]
v.
next
word.
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gnornung.
I.
a
feeling
or
expression
of
grief,
sorrow,
&c.:--On
gnornunga
módes
in
merore
animi,
Kent.
Gl.
517.
Hit
náuht
elles
nát
bútan
gnornunga
crescit
in
immensum
noxia
cura,
Bt.
3,
2;
F.
6,
12:
Met.
3,
10.
Þr
is
wóp
wíde
gehéred
.
.
.
and
gnornunge
mecga,
Sat.
334.
Him
gnornunga
gste
ne
scódun,
Gú.
516.
II.
a
feeling
or
expression
of
discontent
or
complaint,
a
grudge:--For
eówerre
ágenre
gnornunge
ðe
gé
wið
ðm
crístendóme
habbað,
Ors.
3,
8;
S.
122,
11.
v.
grornung.
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Hár hilderinc hréman ne þorfte mecga gemánan, Æðelst. 39. [O. Sax. hrómian: O. H. Ger. hrómen, hruomen gloriari, jactare.]
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