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mennisc

  • adjective
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Grammar
mennisc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §632;
Human
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  • Nán mennisc man

    no human being,

    • Bt. 33, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 122, 15.
  • Ne gegrípe eów nǽfre nán costung búton menniscu

    tentatio vos non apprehendat, nisi humana,

    • Past. 11, 5;
    • Swt. 71, 12.
  • Ðus mǽrsode se mennisca Crist his heofenlícan Fæder,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 362, 11.
  • Ðá getreówde hé in godcundre fultom ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs,

    • Bd. 2, 7
    • ;
    • S. 509, 23.
  • Anginn menniscre álýsednysse ... intinga mennisces forwyrdes,

    • Homl. Th. i. 194, 27-30.
  • Mennisce handa hit ne mihton tówurpan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 510, 13.
  • Hæleþa forlor, menniscra morþ,

    • Cd. 33
    • ;
    • Th. 45, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 722.
Etymology
[
Goth. mannisks
:
O. Sax. mennisk, mannisk
:
O. Frs. mannisk
:
Icel. mennskr
:
O. H. Ger. mennisc.
]
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v.  menisc.
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  • mennisc, adj.