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mægen-leást

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mægen-leást, e; f.
Weakness, feebleness, impotence
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  • Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást (

    inability to walk

    ),
    • Homl. Th. i. 336, 11.
  • Módes mægenleást

    weakness of mind,

    • ii. 220, 5.
  • Hí ne mihton for heora mægenleáste ða meniu bewerian (

    of the Jews reduced by famine during the siege of Jerusalem

    ),
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 8.
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  • mægen-leást, n.