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MǼG

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
MǼG, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §120; §161; §324; §336;
A relative, kinsman
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  • Mǽg

    propinquus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 72, 45 : Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 51.

  • Hwylc þyncþ ðé ðæt sý ðæs mǽg ðe on ða sceaðan befeóll

    quis videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi qui incidet in latrones?

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 36.

  • Meig

    contribulius,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 26.

  • Meeg,

    • Ep. Gl. 6 f, 17.

  • Se wæs his mǽg and his freónd and hæfde his sweoster tó wífe

    qui erat cognatus et amicus ejus, habens sororem ipsius conjugem,

    • Bd. 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 6 : Blickl. Homl. 113, 22.

  • Him cýþdon ðæt hiera mǽgas him mid wǽron . . And ðá cuǽdon hié ðæt him nǽnig mǽg leófra nǽre ðonne hiera hláford . . and ðá budon hié hiera mǽgum ðæt hié gesunde from eodon,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 50, 17-21.

  • Hér Æþelherd cining forþférde and fǽng Cúðréd his mǽg tó West-Seaxna ríce,

    • 740
      • ;
    • Erl. 47, 33 : 754
      • ;
    • Erl. 49, 18 : 962
      • ;
    • Erl. 120, 2.

  • Abrahames mǽg (Lot),

    • Cd. 94
      • ;
    • Th. 121, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2012.

  • Higeláces mǽg (Beowulf),

    • Beo. Th. 820
      • ;
    • B. 408.

  • Úre ieldesta mǽg

    our first parent,

    • Past. 43, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 313, 15.

  • Ne hǽme nán man wið his mǽges (fratris) wíf

    ,
    • Lev. 18, 16.

  • Mǽges

    filii,

    • Cd. 140
      • ;
    • Th. 176, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2907.

  • Moises heóld his mǽges

    (soceri)

    sceáp,

    • Ex. 3, 1.

  • Moises gecirde tó his mǽge,

    • 4, 18.

  • Abrahame, mǽge Lothes,

    • Cd. 141
      • ;
    • Th. 177, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 2923.

  • Cénwalh gesalde Cúþréde his mǽge (

    fratrueli

    ),
    • Chr. 648
      • ;
    • Erl. 26, 15.

  • Ne bysmra ðú ðínne mǽg

    non facies calumniam proximo tuo,

    • Lev. 19, 13.

  • Gif man gehádodne man oððe ælþeódigne forrǽde ðonne sceal him cyningc beón for mǽg and for mundboran,

    • L. C. S. 40
      • ;
    • Th. i. 400, 6.

  • Ne his mágas (

    fratres

    ) ne gelýfdon on hyne,
    • Jn. Skt. 7, 5.

  • His eorþlícan mágas

    his kinsmen according to the flesh,

    • Chr. 979
      • ;
    • Erl. 129, 12.

  • His mágas and his frýnd

    cognati atque amici,

    • L. Ecg. C. 36
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 160, 22.

  • Gif bana of lande gewíteþ his mágas healfne leód forgelden,

    • L. Ethb. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 8, 7.

  • Bócland him his mǽgas (MS. B. his yldran) leáfden,

    • L. Alf. pol. 41
      • ;
    • Th. i. 88, 16.

  • Hine móton his mǽgas (MS. B. mágas) unsyngian

    his kindred may exculpate him,

    • L. In. 21
      • ;
    • Th. i. 116, 8.

  • Sunu oððe mǽgas (MS. B. mágas),

    • 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 116, 15.

  • Mága

    affinium,

    • Hpt. Gl. 480, 18.

  • Ǽnig ðínra mága oððe yldrena

    aliquis de tuis parentibus aut cognatis,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 514, 15.

  • Mid gýmenne mínra mága

    cura propinquorum,

    • 5, 24
      • ;
    • S. 647, 22.

  • Se wæs æðelboren of ǽwfæstum mágum

    he was nobly born of pious parents,

    • Homl. Skt. 4, 3.

  • Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum and heora mágum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 21.

  • Súþ-Seaxe and Eást-Seaxe from his mǽgum (

    ancestors

    ) ǽr mid unryhte ánídde wǽrun,
    • Chr. 823
      • ;
    • Erl. 62, 23.

  • Gé beóþ gesealde fram mágum and gebróðrum and cúðum and freóndum

    trademini a parentibus et fratribus et cognatis et amicis,

    • Lk. Skt. 21, 16.

  • Lǽraþ eówre suna and eówre mágas

    docebis filios ac nepotes tuos,

    • Deut. 4, 9.

  • Mágos

    propinquos,

    • Kent. Gl. 368.

  • Bearn árísaþ ongén mágas

    insurgent filii in parentes,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 10, 21.

  • Ymbe míne mágas ic hogige

    erga propinquos curo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
      • ;
    • Som. 47, 29.

  • Ðíne leófostan frýnd fæder and módor and ðíne mágas

    patrem tuum et matrem et omnem cognationem tuam,

    • Jos. 2, s8: Ps. Th. 73, 8.

  • Ealle wyrd forsweóp míne mágas,

    • Beo. Th. 5622
      • ;
    • B. 2815 : Blickl. Homl. 139, 16.
Etymology
[
Laym. mæi a cousin
:
Goth. mégs a son-in-law
:
O. Sax. mág a relation
:
O. Frs. méch
:
Icel. mágr a father-in-law
:
O. H. Ger. mág cognatus, affinis.
]
Derived forms
cneó-, fæderen-, freó-, friðe-, heáfod-, hleó-, hylde-, leód-, médren-, neáh-, wine-, woruld-mǽg, un-mǽg, ge-mágas
Linked entries
v.  ge-mǽg még méi.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “MǼG.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22035.

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