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mǽg-lagu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mǽg-lagu, e; f.
Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain
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  • Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage,

    • L. Eth. ix. 25
    • ;
    • Th. i. 346, 2
    • .
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v. mǽgþ-lagu and lagu.
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