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§68; §240; §390; §544; §563;
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the quality of being able to do what is desired,
operative power
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  • Wítiendlicere mihte geswuteled

    prophetica uirtute propalatam,

      An. Ox. 3652.

  • Se feónd nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ,

      Bl. H. 31, 33.

  • Sunu monnes hæfeþ mæhte (mæht, L. potestatem) tó forlétenne synne, Mt. R. 9, 6. I a. as an attribute of impersonal agents :-- Genim þás wyrte, heó of sumre wundurlicre mihte helpeð, Lch. i. 126, 16. I b. in pl. powers :-- Mihta (-um, MS.) uirtutum (Johannes . . . miris

    uirtutum

    signis per totum orbem claruit),
      An. Ox. 1805.

  • Þǽr nú God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta,

      Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 4.
bodily strength
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  • Gif þé þince ꝥ þú máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte þæs mannes. . . gebíd oþ ꝥ þú dyrre. Gif meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód,

      Lch. ii. 254, 4.

  • Sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte,

      Chr. 1053; P. 182, 22.
great power or strength, mightiness.
as an attribute of God
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  • His miht bið á éce,

      Bl. H. 31, 26.

  • Mihte

    potestatis ( divinae )

    .
      An. Ox. 12, 11.

  • Heofenlicere mihte reósende

    cælesti numine nutabunda,

    1574.
of persons, nations, &c.
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  • Geweóx miht eorðlices ríces,

      Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 142, 16.
an act of power, mighty work, miracle
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  • Ne synd áwritene ealle Iúdan gefeoht for his feónda ware, and ealle ðá mihte þe hé mǽrlíce gefremode,

      Hml. S. 25, 678.

  • Þus gerádra mihta

    talium miraculorum,

      An. Ox. 3062.

  • Áwrítan þá wundra and mihta þe Martínus mihtiglíce gefremode,

      Hml. S. 31, 2.

  • Hergan metudæs maecti,

      Txts. 149, 2.
superiority of strength or power as used to enforce one's will
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  • Neádunge, mihte

    uim,

      An. Ox. 1237.
associated with mægen
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  • Hé on mihte (mahte. L. ) and on mægene unclǽnun. gástum bebýt

    in potestate et uirtute imperat spiritibus immundis,

      Lk. 4, 36.
power over others, dominion, authority, used of persons or things
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  • Wælhreówre mihte

    tyrannici potentates,

      An. Ox. 1592.

  • Mid wealhrówre mihte

    tyrannica potestate, i. imperio,

    1158: 2345.

  • Hé salde him mæht (mæhtæ, R. ) gaasta unclǽnra, Mt. L. 10, 1. VI a. an exercise of authority :-- Mid mihtum nutibus, i. imperiis (uernacula matronae

    nutibus

    mancipatur),
      An. Ox. 2351.
a virtue; virtus
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  • Seó óðer miht is castitas . . . Seó ðrydde miht is

    largitas,

      Hml. S. 16, 321, 326: 334: 345: 356.

  • Mihta

    virtutum.

      An. Ox. 959.
as a person or thing,
one who, or that which, exercises power or government
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  • Stíþnes ungesáwenlicere tóbrocen mihte

    duritia inuisibili contrita potestate, i. dominio,

      An. Ox. 3259.
  • Ðá heán mihta hér on worulde hreósað and tó lore weorðað. Wlfst. 262, 16.
the fifth of the nine orders of angels
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  • Uirtutes

    mihta,
      Hml. Th. i. 342, 27.
a deity, divinity
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  • Mihte

    numina, i. deos,

      An. Ox. 4722.

  • Mihta,

      2, 372.
  • v. duguþ-, freá-, godcund- (?), gryre-meaht (-miht).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “meaht.” 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/55167.

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