mægen-fæst
- adjective
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Sealde him snyttru mægenfæste gemynd
he gave him wisdom, vigorous thought,
- Exon. 39 b ;
- Th. 130, 28 ;
- Gú. 445.
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Ǽlc líchamlíce gesceaft ðe eorþe ácenþ is fulre and mægenfæstre on fullum mónan ðonne on gewanedum
every bodily creature that earth produces is more complete and more vigorous at the full moon than when the moon has waned,
- Homl. Th. i. 102, 21.
Bosworth, Joseph. “mægen-fæst.” 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/22065.
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