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mán

  • adjective
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Grammar
mán, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §59; §60; §154; §259; §282; §285; §343; §562;
Wicked, false, base
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  • Mán inwitstæf

    nequitia,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 15.
  • Heora mænige máne swultan

    many a wicked one of them died,

    • 77, 30.
  • Náuht ne deregaþ monnum máne áþas

    nil perjuria nocet ipsis,

    • Bt. 4
    • ;
    • Fox 8, 16.
  • Mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhleán, fácne gyldan,

    • Cd. 149
    • ;
    • Th. 187, 11
    • ;
    • Exod. 149.
Etymology
[
Icel. meinn mean, base
:
O. Frs. mén false (oath)
:
O. H. Ger. mein.
]
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v. mǽne and preceding word.
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  • mán, adj.