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mǽgþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
mǽgþ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§372; §414;
Importunate desire, ambition
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  • Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt him nǽfre seó mǽgþ and seó gítsung forwel ne lícode,

    • Bt. tit. 17
    • ;
    • Fox xii, 24.
  • Cf. Ðú wást ðæt mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes forwel ne lícode

    scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium rerum fuisse dominatum,

    • 17
    • ;
    • Fox 58, 23.
Similar entries
v. máh, ge-mǽhþ (with which ge-mǽgþ in the above passage should be put).
Linked entries
v.  mýgþ.
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  • mǽgþ, n.