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magister, l. mágister, and
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a director, chief, ruler
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  • Ðonne hé gemétte ðá scylde ðe hé stiéran scolde, hrædlíce hé gecýðde ðæt hé wæs mágister and ealdormonn ( magistrum se esse resoluit), Past. 117, 6: Gen. 40, 21 (in Dict.]. Hé sette him weorca mægestras

    (magistros operum),

      Ex. 1. 11.
master as correlative of servant or
man
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  • Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister,

      Past. 109, 14.
the owner or
tamer of an animal
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  • Seó leó, deáh hió wel tam sé . . . and hire mágister

    (magistrum)

    swíðe lufige . . . heó ábít hire ládteów,
      Bt. 25; F. 88, 10.
a teacher
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  • Se mágister (cf. láreow, 3),

      Past. 455, 20.

  • Mid þám láreówdóme þæs heán mágistres Godes hé wæs on godcundlican þeódscipe getýd and gelæred

    summis providentibus magistris monasticis disciplinis erudiebatur,

      Guth. Gr. 112, 96.

  • Nerón wolde hátan his ágenne mágister and his fósterfæder [

    familiarem praeceptoremque suum

    ] ácwellan þæs nama wæs Seneca, Bt. 29, 2 ; S. 66, 24.

  • Hí hæfdon mágistras gearwe, ðá ðe hig lǽrdon and týdon

    (magistros, qui docerent

    ], Bd. 4, 2 ; Sch. 345, 14.
(one's)
master, he whose disciple one is
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  • Be þǽre hæfegan gémenne bearna cwæþ mín mægister Euripides

    in quo Euripidis mei sententiam probo,

      Bt. 31, 1 : F. 112, 20.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “magister.” 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/55064.

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