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mǽg-burh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mǽg-burh, gen. -barge; f.
Kindred, family, relatives, tribe
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  • Mǽg-burg

    cognatio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 70.

  • Weóx under wolcnum mǽgburh Semes,

    • Cd. 82
      • ;
    • Th. 102, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1703 : 100
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 2193 : 81
      • ;
    • Th. 102, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 1695.

  • Ne weorþeþ sió mǽgburg gemicledu eaforan mínum,

    • Exon. 105 b
      • ;
    • Th. 401, 31
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 20.

  • Heó ongan his mǽgburge men geícean sunum and dóhtrum,

    • Cd. 56
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    • Th. 69, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1132 : 101
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    • Th. 134, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2220 : Beo. Th. 5766
      • ;
    • B. 2887.

  • Hé hit ne móste sellan of his mǽgburge

    he might not sell it (bócland) out of the family,

    • L. Alf. pol. 41
      • ;
    • Th. i. 88, 18.

  • Wes mǽgburge mínre árfæst

    be kind to my kindred,

    • Cd. 136
      • ;
    • Th. 171, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2825 : Exon. 88 a
      • ;
    • Th. 331, 3
      • ;
    • Vy. 62.

  • Gielden siððan his mǽgas ðone wer gif hé mǽgburg (-borh, MS. B.: -burh, MS. H.) hæbbe freó

    let his kinsmen afterwards pay the wergild, if he have free kindred,

    • L. In. 74
      • ;
    • Th. i. 148, 19.

  • Mǽgburge míne

    my children,

    • Exon. 104 b
      • ;
    • Th. 397, 15
      • ;
    • Rä. 16, 20.

  • Iécte mǽgburg síne,

    • Cd. 55
      • ;
    • Th. 68, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 1123.

  • Mǽgburh,

    • 52
      • ;
    • Th. 65, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 1066.

  • Cúðe ǽghwilc mǽgburga riht

    each one knew the rights of the tribes,

    • 161
      • ;
    • Th. 200, 5
      • ;
    • Exod. 352.

  • Ða ðe mǽgburge mǽst gefrunon frumcyn feora fæderæþelo gehwæs

    those who were best informed as to families, as to the origin of men, and the ancestry of each,

    • Th. 200, 21
      • ;
    • Exod. 360.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽg-burh.” 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/22040.

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