mægþ
- noun [ feminine ]
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Gif man mægþ gebigeþ ceápe geceápod sý gif hit unfácne is
if a man make terms for his marriage with (lit. buys with a price, cf. Icel. kona mundi keypt) a woman, let the bargain stand, if it be without fraud,
- L. Ethb. 77 ;
- Th. i. 22, 1.
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Wæs seó fǽmne geong, mægþ mánes leás (
the Virgin Mary
),- Exon. 8 a ;
- Th. 3, 14 ;
- Cri. 36.
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On fǽmnan, mægeþ unmǽle,
- 18 b ;
- Th. 45, 18 ;
- Cri. 721: 122 b ;
- Th. 470, 14 ;
- Hy. 11, 16.
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Þa torhtan mægþ (
Judith
),- Judth. 10 ;
- Thw. 22, 1 ;
- Jud. 35.
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Mægþ scýne
maiden fair,
- Beo. Th. 6025 ;
- B. 3016.
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Ofer mægþ giunge,
- Bt. Met. Fox 26, 134 ;
- Met. 26, 67.
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Þurh Judithe láre, mægþ módigre,
- Judth. 12 ;
- Thw. 26, 18 ;
- Jud. 335.
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Mægeþ, brýde ðínre (
Sarah
),- Cd. 134 ;
- Th. 169, 10 ;
- Gen. 2797.
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Hé ðære mægeþ (Guthlac's sister ) sceolde láce gelǽdan láð spel,
- Exon. 52 a ;
- Th. 182, 27 ;
- Gú. 1316.
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Mægþ and mæcgas,
- 45 a ;
- Th. 153, 29 ;
- Gú. 833.
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Mægeþ and mæcgas,
- 113 a ;
- Th. 434, 7 ;
- Rä. 51, 7.
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Him tó nimaþ mægeþ tó gemæccum
take to themselves maidens as mates,
- Cd. 64 ;
- Th. 76, 18 ;
- Gen. 1259.
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Mægþa síð
the maidens' coming,
- 123 ;
- Th. 157, 11 ;
- Gen. 2604: Beo. 1853 ;
- B. 924.
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Swá hwylc mægþa swá ðone magan cende,
- 1890 ;
- B. 943.
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Mægþa cynnes
of womankind,
- Exon. 73 b ;
- Th. 275, 16 ;
- Jul. 551.
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Mægþum and mæcgum,
- Cd. 55 ;
- Th. 68, 26 ;
- Gen. 1123.
Bosworth, Joseph. “mægþ.” 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/22116.
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