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mægen-þrymm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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mægen-þrymm, es; m.
(The word is used almost exclusively in reference to the Deity).
Majesty, greatness, glory
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  • Se myccla mægenþrym

    the great majesty (of Christ ),

    • Blickl. Homl. 179, 8.

  • Mægenþrymmes God

    Deus majestatis,

    • Ps. Th. 28, 3.

  • Mægenþrymmes ðínes

    majestatis tuæ,

    • 144, 5.

  • His mægenþrymmes

    magnitudinis ejus,

    • 150, 2.

  • His ríces ongin, ne his mihte, ne his mægenþrymmes nǽfre gewonad ne weorþeþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 9, 17.

  • Hé (Christ ) hine ungyrede ðæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, and gegyrede hine þeówlíce,

    • 105, 3.

  • Ðonne se heofenlíca déma cymþ on egeslícum mægenþrymme,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 558, 9: Lk. Skt. 9, 26, 31, 32.

  • Mid ðý mǽstan mægenþrymme,

    • Exon. 22 b
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 30: Cri. 1009.

  • Johannes on Godes mægenþrymme hí gebletsode,

    • Homl. Th. i. 64, 4.

  • Wé gesáwon Godes mægenþrim and his micelnisse (

    majestatem et magnitudinem suam

    ),
    • Deut. 5, 24.
(using the attribute for the person),
Christ
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  • Mægenþrym árás, sigefæst and snottor,

    • Exon. 120 a
      • ;
    • Th. 420, 25
      • ;
    • Hö. 22.
great power, might
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  • Gé geseóþ mannes Bearn sittende on ða swýðran healfe Godes mægenþrymmes

    videbitis filium hominis sedentem a dextris virtutis Dei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 64.

  • Ic sóhte hwylc wǽre mægenþrymmes oððe elnes se Pater Noster,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 20
      • ;
    • Sal. 10.

  • In ðam mægenþrymme mid ðam sý áhefed heofon and eorþe

    in that mighty power with which is uplifted heaven and earth,

    • Exon. 93 b
      • ;
    • Th. 351, 31
      • ;
    • Sch. 88.

  • Hé hine of sáwle deáþe áwehte þurh ðone mægenþrym

    he raised him from the death of the soul through divine power,

    • Blickl. Homl. 77, 10.

  • Mægenþrymmum mǽst

    mightiest,

    • Cd. 160
      • ;
    • Th. 199, 35
      • ;
    • Exod. 349.
an instance in which the divine glory or power is displayed
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  • Eftwyrd cymþ, mægenþrymma mǽst, dæg dǽdum fáh (

    doom's day

    ),
    • Cd. 169
      • ;
    • Th. 212, 16
      • ;
    • Exod. 540.
the glory of heaven, heaven, the angels who inhabit heaven
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  • Wuldres ealdor middangeardes and mægenþrymmes

    the prince of glory, of earth and of heaven,

    • Exon. 68 a
      • ;
    • Th. 251, 33
      • ;
    • Jul. 154.

  • Hé is cyning middangeardes and mægenþrymmes, wuldre biwunden,

    • 65 b
      • ;
    • Th. 241, 33
      • ;
    • Ph. 665: 16 a
      • ;
    • Th. 35, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 557.

  • Ufan of roderum, of his mægenþrymme, 98 a; Th. 368,

    • 24
      • ;
    • Seel. 29.

  • Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider (to earth ) gefleógan of his mægenþrymme,

    • 12 a
      • ;
    • Th. 19, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 296.

  • Næs ǽnig ðá giet engel geworden ne ðæs miclan mægenþrymmes nán

    was not any angel then created, nor any of that great and glorious band,

    • 12 b
      • ;
    • Th. 22, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 352.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mægen-þrymm.” 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/22084.

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