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mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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  • Se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and þá wæs seó mæsse ásteald þurh Críst,

      Hml. A. 71, 158.

  • Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst,

      Tech. ii. 119, 25.

  • Gif þú (cf. se mæssepreóst, 18) wille mé hwylce þearfe gegearwian, geoffra þysne hláf þám ælmihtigan Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan. tó þon ꝥ þú geþingie mínum synnum. Gr. D. 348, 28. I a.

    a particular instance of the service, a mass

    :-- Ðaet ę́ghwilc mæsseprióst gesinge fore Ósunlfes sáwle twá messan,
      C. D. i. 293, 31.

  • Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, bútan hit má wǽre . . . Ðá cwæð hé tó his geféran ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. I b.

    the service held on a saint's or martyr's day, a (person's) mass

    :-- Sćĭ Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum,
      Shrn. 121, 30.

  • Sśă Sabine mæsse bið geméted on þám níwran bócum,

      123, 17 : 124, 33.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mæsse.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55012.

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