máge
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A kinswoman
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Elizabeþ ðín mǽge (máge, MSS. A. B.)
cognata tua,
- Lk. Skt. 1, 36.
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Seó cwén his máge
regina propinqua illius,
- Bd. 3, 24 ;
- S. 557, 24.
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Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe,
- Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27.
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From bearme ánre mágan,
- Exon. 112 b ;
- Th. 430, 25 ;
- Rä. 44, 14.
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Grendles mágan
(mother
)gang,
- Beo. Th. 2786 ;
- B. 1391.
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Be hire mágan (
propinqua
),- Bd. 3, 8 ;
- S. 531, 3.
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Ne hǽme nán man wið his mágan ne wið his mǽges wíf,
- Lev. 18, 16.
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Se wolde niman his mágan
(cousin
)tó wífe,
- Homl. Th. ii. 476, 19.
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Menn hæfdon on frymþe heora mágan tó wífe,
- Homl. Skt. 10, 215.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “máge.” 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/22275.
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