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MÆGEN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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MÆGEN, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §320; §349;
MAIN, might, strength, force, power, vigour, efficacy, virtue, faculty, ability
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  • Úrum líchoman cymþ eall his mægen of ðam mete ðe wé þicgaþ

    all its strength comes to our body from the food that we take,

    • Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 150, 34.

  • Ðæt mycle mægen mínra handa

    the mighty power of my hands.

    • Ps. Th. 80, 13.

  • Micel drihten úre and micel mægen his

    Magnus Dominus noster, et magna virtus ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 146, 5.

  • Ðǽm monnum ðe him mægen and cræft wiexþ eác hwílum eákiaþ æfter ðæm mægenum ða costunga

    crescente virtute plerumque bella tentationis augentur,

    • Past. 21, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 163, 8.

  • Se wæs moncynnes mægenes strengest

    he was mightiest among men,

    • Beo. Th. 395
      • ;
    • B. 196.

  • Nánne man ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ

    nemo dubitat esse fortem, cui fortitudinem inesse conspexerit,

    • Bt. 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 28.

  • Ǽr hí geseón Godes ríce on mægne cuman

    donec videant regnum dei veniens in virtute,

    • Mk. Skt. 9, 1.

  • Hé sealde ǽghwylcum be hys ágenum mægene

    dedit unicuique secundum propriam virtutem,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15.

  • Lufa ðínne drihten mid eallum mægne

    diliges dominum tuum ex tota fortitudine tua,

    • Deut. 6, 5.

  • Of eallum ðínum mihtum and of eallum ðínum mægene

    ex omnibus viribus tuis et ex omni mente tua,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 27.

  • Eallon mægene tilian,

    • Bt. 24, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 82, 6.

  • Wiðstandan ealle mægene,

    • Past. 15, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 91, 1: Beo. Th. 5328
      • ;
    • B. 2667.

  • Ðú ne wénst ðæt heó mǽge swá mycel mægen habban

    you will not expect that the plant can have so great efficacy.

    • Herb. 12, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 104, 12.

  • Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo,

    • Cd. 79
      • ;
    • Th. 98, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 1632.

  • Ða ðe snyttro mægn and módcræft mǽste hæbben

    those who in the greatest degree have wisdom, ability and mental power,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 815
      • ;
    • El. 408.

  • Ðonne hí ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan hǽto áræfnan ne mihton

    cum vim fervoris immensi tolerare non possent,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627, 41.

  • Mægyn and mihta

    (angeli) potentes virtute.

    • Ps. Th. 102, 19.

  • Eall his bearna mægen

    omnes virtutes ejus,

    • 20.

  • Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu

    sobrietas et alie virtutes,

    • Prud. 54a: 64a.

  • Ðá sóðan welan ðæt sind hálige mægnu

    the true riches, they are holy virtues,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 88, 310.

  • Mægenu

    ,
    • Basil admn. 2
      • ;
    • Norm. 38, 9.

  • Mægno and cræftas,

    • Bt. 32, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 1.

  • Wísdóm módur eallra mægena

    virtutum omnium nutrix,

    • 10
      • ;
    • Fox 26, 24.

  • Mycelre mægna fǽmne

    magnarum virgo virtutum,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 531, 12.

  • Geleáfa is ealra mægena fyrmest,

    • Homl. Th. 1. 134, 2.

  • Geþyld is wyrtruma ealra háligra mægna, and ungeþyld is ealra mægna tóstencednys,

    • ii. 544, 6.

  • Þurh dínra mægna spéd

    through the abundance of thy powers,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 516
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 258: Cd. 1
      • ;
    • Th. 1. 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 3.

  • Eallum hire mihtum and mægenum,

    • L. M. 3, 63
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 352, 5.

  • Ða ðe faraþ fram leahtrum tó mæignum

    those who pass from vices to virtues,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 54, 26.

  • Mægnum,

    • Prud. 28a.

  • Ðá ongunnon hí mód and mægen niman . . . Mód and mægen Bryttas onféngon

    ceperunt illi vires animosque resumere . . . vires capessunt Brittones,

    • Bd. 1, 16
      • ;
    • S. 484, 15-19.

  • Ðeáh ðe ic nú gyt ða ǽrran mægen ne hæbbe

    etsi necdum vires pristinas recepi,

    • 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 616, 34: 5, 4
      • ;
    • S. 617, 25.

  • Heó hæfþ ðás mægnu

    it (henbane) has these virtues,

    • Herb. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 94, 10.

  • Megene

    vires,

    • Kent. Gl. 930.
an exercise of power, effort, a mighty work, miracle
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  • Mægene

    conamine.

    • Wit. Voc. ii. 24, 57.

  • Hé ne mihte ǽnig mægen wyrcan

    non poterat virtutem ullam facere,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 5.

  • Án mægen and án wundor of monegum ásecgan

    unum e pluribus virtutis miraculum enarrare,

    • Bd. 3, 2
      • ;
    • S. 524, 38.

  • Monige mægen and hǽlotácen gefremede wǽron

    innumeræ virtutes sanitatum noscuntur esse patratæ,

    • S. 524, 28.

  • On him synd mægenu geworht,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 14.

  • Ða burga on ðám wǽrun gedóne manega hys mægena,

    • Mt. Kembl. 11, 20.
a force, military force
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  • Gif ðet full mægen ðǽre wǽre ne eodan hí nǽfre eft tó scipon

    if the full force had been there, they would never have got back to the ships,

    • Chr. 1004
      • ;
    • Erl. 139, 34.

  • Úre mægen lytlaþ

    our force lessens.

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 65
      • ;
    • By. 313.

  • Mægen, folc Ebréa,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 15, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 261, 253.

  • Werod, módigra mægen,

    • Cd. 147
      • ;
    • Th. 184, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 101: 158
      • ;
    • Th. 197, 1
      • ;
    • Exod. 300.

  • Mægen forþgewát,

    • 160
      • ;
    • Th. 199, 30
      • ;
    • Exod. 346.

  • Mægen (

    the Egyptian army)

    wæs ádrenced,
    • 166
      • ;
    • Th. 206, 28
      • ;
    • Exod. 458.

  • Seó sibgedriht bád máran mægenes

    the Israelites awaited the greater force of the Egyptians,

    • 154
      • ;
    • Th. 191, 15
      • ;
    • Exod. 215.

  • Mægenes wísa

    (Belshazzar),

    • 209
      • ;
    • Th. 260, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 703.

  • Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mæ[ge]nes hæfde

    he was quicker in his actions than in proportion to the force he had;

    celeritate magis quam virtute fretus,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 78, 27.

  • Hé self fór ðǽrtó mid eallum ðæm mægene ðe hé ðǽrtó gelǽdan mehte

    he himself marched thither with all the troops that he could lead there,

    • Swt. 80, 24.

  • Martyra mægen unlytel

    no small host of martyrs,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1752
      • ;
    • An. 878: Beo. Th. 894
      • ;
    • B. 445.

  • Mægen unríme

    hosts innumerable,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 121
      • ;
    • El. 61.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. megin
:
Icel. magn and megin
:
O. H. Ger. magan, megin, robur, vigor, vis, virtus, fortitudo.
]
Derived forms
beadu-, deáþ-, eal-, æl-, eorþ-, eorl-, folc-, gæst-, gesíþ-, hand-, here-, heáh-, heofon-, holm-, hord-, leód-, lof-, ofer-, rǽd-, tóþ-, þeód-mægen
Linked entries
v.  mægn.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “MÆGEN.” 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/22054.

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