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fæderen-mǽg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
fæderen-mǽg, fædern-mǽg, fædren-mǽg, -mág, es; m. [mǽg a relation]
Wright's OE grammar
§617;
A relation on the father's side, paternal relative; a patre cognātus, agnātus
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  • Cain gewearþ to ecgbanan fæderenmǽge

    Cain became the murderer of his father's son,

    • Beo. Th. 2530
    • ;
    • B. 1263
    • .
  • Fædrenmǽga mǽgleás

    kinless of paternal relatives,

    • L. Alf. pol. 27
    • ;
    • Th. i. 78,
    • 20.
  • Fædrenmǽgum hiora dǽl mon agife

    let their share be given to the paternal kindred,

    8 ;
    • Th. i. 66,
    • 22.
  • Fædernmágas

    agnāti,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 92
    • ;
    • Som. 75. 37
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 51,
    • 79.
Linked entries
v.  fædering-mǽg fædern-mǽg fædren-mǽg.
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  • fæderen-mǽg, n.