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mennisc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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mennisc, n.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §632;
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mankind, men in general
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  • Bið unstrengre ménnisc ðurh máran týddernysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 370, 17.
  • Eal mennisc wæs synfull,

      472, 2.
  • Nelle ic þis mennisc gehealdan tó þám écum wítum, for þám þe hí synd týddre

    fragilis est in hominibus conditio, non ad aeternos servabo cruciatus,

      Angl. vii. 48, 467.
a race, people
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  • Hé áxode hwæt ꝥ mennisc wǽre on þám muntum wunigende

    quis sit populus iste qui montana obsidet,

      Hml. A. 104, 80.
  • Of Japhet cóm þæt norðerne mennisc,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 37.
  • Hé lǽrde manepa þæs Engliscan mennisces,

      Angl. vii. 2, 4.
  • Þá fúlan forligeras þæs fracodostan mennisces Sodomitiscra ðeóda,

      Hml. S. 13, 191: Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 16.
a number of people, men, people
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  • Micel mennisc lúdéiscre mǽgðe on Críst gelýfde. Hml. Th. ii. 420, 31.
the human, human nature, humanity
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  • Mon mæg gesión ꝥ hí gió men wǽron, ac hí habbaþ þæs mennisces þone betstan dǽl forloren

    fuisse homines adhuc ipsa humani corporis reliqua species ostentat; quare versi in malitiam humanam quoque amisere naturam, Bt.

      37, 3 ; F. 192, 3.
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  • mennisc, n.