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mǽnan
/mnan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
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Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
mǽnan
to lament. I. add :-- Mǽnes (plangent) alle cynno eorðes, Mt. L. 24, 30. Mǽnæ lugere, 9, 15. Mǽnende tumultuantem (turbam), 23. Mǽnende (dolentes) wé sóhton ðec, Lk. L. 2, 48. Woepende and mǽnende (-iende, L. ) flentes et heiulantes, Mk. R. 5, 38. Mǽnendeand woepende lugentes et flentes, 16, 10. III. add :-- Hé wépende mǽnde þá unáre þe mon him búton gewyrhton dyde deplorans injurias suas, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 9. Giweópun alle and mǽndun ðá ilca flebant omnes et plangebant illam, Lk. R. L. 8, 52. Hé wæs mænende þá dǽd mid micle wópe flevit, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 19. v. ge-mǽnan.
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Possibly connected entries from the Main Volume:

mǽnan
; p. de To mean. I. of persons (a) to intend to convey a certain sense :-- Gif hé of wege ǽnigne gebrohte . . ðæt is ðæt ic mǽne gif hé ǽnigne man on synne bespeóne if he have brought any man out of the way . . . , what I mean, is, if he have lured any man to sin, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 12. Hwet mǽnde Crist ðá cwæþ; 'Ða unrihtwísan faraþ on ǽce wítu,' Shrn. 197, 18. God ðá geopenude Abrahame hwæt hé mid ðære sprǽce mǽnde. Gen. 18, 20.
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mǽnan
; p. de To tell of, relate, declare :-- Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex. 66. Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57. Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th.
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mǽnan
; p. de To lament, mourn, complain. I. intrans. :-- Ðú simle mid wópe and mid unrótnesse mǽnst gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ (tu) qui abesse aliquid tuae beatitudini tam luctuosus atque anxius conqueraris, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 22. Ðá hé gehiérde ðæt ðæt folc mǽnde tó him Arone ymb hiera earfeðo Moyses cum contra se et Aaron conqueri populum cognovisset, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 201, 4. Ealle wordum mǽndon, Cd. 222: Th. 288, 24; Sae. 386.
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