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1. mannesse n.

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Of the incarnate Christ: human nature and form, humanity. …

2. meniu n.

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A multitude or crowd of persons. …

3. me pron.(1)

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Indefinite third-person pronoun, sg., pl., or coll.: (a) one, someone, a person; they, people, unspecified persons; mankind, people in general; (b) in neg. constructions: not anyone, no one; (c) with……

4. iman-kin n.

Additional spellings: imankin
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Mankind. …

5. wē̆pman n.

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A male human being as distinct from a female, a person of the male sex, a male, man; wepman and womman, wepmen and wommen; wepman kin, wepmonnes kinde, male persons, men. …

6. ship-man n.

Additional spellings: shipman
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(a) A sailor, seaman; one skilled in navigation; also, an oarsman [quot.: ?c1475]; shipman(es craft, the art of navigation; shipman(es sterre, the North Star; shipmanes ston, a loadstone; (b) the……

7. mē̆r(e-min n.

Additional spellings: mermin, mere-min, mere-min
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(a) = mer(e-maid(e 1.; (b) = mer(e-maiden (b). …

8. English man, English-man n.

Additional spellings: English-man, Englishman
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(a) A native of England; one whose native language is English; an Englishman; also (pl.), the English people or nation; (b) an Anglian inhabitant of Central or Northern England, an Angle (as……

9. ten-man-tā̆le n.

Additional spellings: tenmantale
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(a) An English system of collective surety within a territorial unit by which a group of ten freemen or villagers combined to give security for each other to keep the peace and to guarantee payment of……

10. man n.

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(a) A person, a man or woman; (b) erest men, the first men, Adam and Eve; cristen man, ded man, fals man, god man, haveles man, hethen man, ivel man, povre man, riche man, rightwis man, unilered man,……

11. faster-man n.

Additional spellings: fasterman
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A surety or sponsor. …

12. wed-man n.

Additional spellings: wedman
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A married man; pl. married men; also, married persons, spouses [quot. a1500, 1st]. …

13. dēne n.

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A valley; a thickly wooded valley; doun (hil) and dene, hill and dale; dene of teres, vale of tears. …

14. flẹ̄men(e fremth, flẹ̄men-fremth, flẹ̄menes-fremth phr. & n.

Additional spellings: flemene fremth, flemen-fremth, flemenfremth, flemenes-fremth, flemenesfremth
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(a) Law The right of jurisdiction over cases involving the harboring of fugitives or outlaws, the right to collect fines in such cases [orig. prob., the offence of entertaining an outlaw]; (b) in……

15. Hālī-wer n.

Additional spellings: Haliwer
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The holy man, St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; Hali-wer folk(es, people holding lands in return for the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert; people of the County of……

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