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meaht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
meaht, <b>, maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht,</b> e; f. (but mihtes,
  • Ps, Th. 70, 18
).
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §240; §390; §544; §563;
Might, power, virtue, ability
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  • Meaht eorþlíces ríces

    potestas terreni imperii,

    • Bd. 2, 9
    • ;
    • S. 510, 13.
  • Seó godcunde meht,

    • Blickl. Homl. 19, 20.
  • Gif hǽto oððe meht ne wyrne lǽt him blód

    if heat, or his ability to bear it do not forbid, let him blood,

    • L. M. 2, 42
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 254, 4.
  • Miht is Drihtnes

    potestas Dei est,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 12.
  • Meahte

    opis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 26:

    potentatus,

    • 77, 78.
  • Mihte lufigend

    amans virtutis,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
    • ;
    • Zup. 255, 10.
  • His ríces ongin, ne his mehte, ne his mægenþrymmes nǽfre gewonad ne weorþeþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 9, 17.
  • Ðínes mihtes þrym

    potentiam tuam,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 18.
  • Meahte

    nutu,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 78: 91, 31.
  • Ungelǽredne fiscere, náwðer ne on worde ne on gebyrdum mid nǽnigre mihte (

    ability

    )

    gewelgode,

    • Blickl. Homl. 179, 15.
  • Hé on mihte (mæhte, Lind.) and on mægene unclǽnum gástum bebýt (

    in potestate et virtute

    ),
    • Lk. Skt. 4, 36.
  • Bútan ðínre miht

    abs te,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 10.
  • Maht

    potentiam,

    • Ps. Surt. 144, 4.
  • Meahte

    numen,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 25.
  • Ðín wuldor ús gecýð, cræft and meaht,

    • Exon. 53 b
    • ;
    • Th. 188, 11
    • ;
    • Az. 44.
  • Swá swá mæht hæbbende

    sicut potestatem habens,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 29.
  • Ða mæhte (ðæt mæht, Lind.) seðe eode from him

    virtutem quæ exierat de eo,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29.
  • Hé nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 31, 33.
  • Þurh his godcunde meht,

    • 121, 15.
  • Ðín mægen is áterod and ða mihte ðú næfst,

    • Homl. Skt. 3, 611.
  • Se weard hafaþ miht and strengþo,

    • Cd. 45
    • ;
    • Th. 58, 22
    • ;
    • Gen. 950.
  • Virtutes sindgecwedene mihta, þurh ða wyrcþ God fela wundra,

    • Homl. Th. i. 342, 27.
  • His meahte synt

    powers are his,

    • Ps. Th. 98, 10.
  • Þurh ðínra mehta spéd

    through the abundance of thy powers,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 4, 64
    • ;
    • Met. 4, 32.
  • His mihta name

    nomen majestatis ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 19.
  • Ðú sǽs wealdest mihtum

    tu dominaris potestati maris,

    • 88, 8.
  • Gástes miehtum,

    • Hy. 8, 12
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 12.
  • Eallum hire mihtum and mægenum

    with all her might and main,

    • L. M. 3, 63
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 372, 5.
  • Eallum mihtum,

    • L. C. E. 20
    • ;
    • Th. i. 372, 9.
  • Mid eallum mægene and eallum mihtum

    ex omni virtute, et omnibus viribus,

    • L. Ecg. C. pref.
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 132, 13.
  • On hyre yldrena mihtum

    in potestate parentum suorum,

    • 27
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 152, 15.
  • Ðæt geþyld oferswíðdum leahtrum sprecþ tó ðám mihton (mægnum, 28 a)

    patientia devictis vitiis ad virtutes loquitur,

    • Prud. 28 b.
  • On ðíne ða myclan mihte

    in potentias Domini,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 15.
  • Mihta strange,

    • 102, 6.
an exercise of power, mighty work
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  • Swilce mihta (mæhto, Lind.: mæhte, Rush.) ðe þurh his handa gewordene synd

    virtutes tales quæ per manus ejus efficiuntur,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 2.
  • Ne dyde mæhto ł mægno monigo

    non fecit virtutes multas,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 58: 14, 2.
[
O. E. Homl. maht
:
Laym. mæht, miht
:
Orm. mahht, mihtt
:
Ayenb. miȝt
:
Goth. mahts
:
O. Sax. maht
:
O. Frs. macht, meht
: Icel. máttr
:
O. M. H. Ger. maht
:
Ger. macht
:
Du. magt.
].
Similar entries
v. eall-, heáh-, un-meaht.
Linked entries
v.  mæht miht un-gemeaht.
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