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-- Comp. un-fäger. fägere, fägre, adv., _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to etiquette_: fägere geþægon medoful manig, 1015; þâ wäs flet-sittendum fägere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelâc ongan
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Fägere geþægon medo-ful manig mâgas + þâra swîð-hicgende on sele þam heán,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Fægere geþǣgon medo-ful manig māgas þāra swīð-hicgende on sele þām hēan,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp. un-fǣger. fægere, fægre, adv., _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to etiquette_: fægere geþǣgon medoful manig, 1015; þā wæs flet-sittendum fægere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelāc ongan
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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A more correct view seems to be that 'many' is the A.S. _manig_, which was in old English used with a singular noun and without the article, _e. g.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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