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Old English · noun

mæg

Normalised mǣġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/mæːj/
Syllables
mæːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
femalerelativekinsman

mæg1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. relative, kinsman

    grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

    when mind goes through memory of kinsmen, greets with mirths, eagerly looks through comrades of men. They often swim away.

    þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,

Declension

Declension of mæg
SingularPlural
Nominative mǣġmāgasmǣġas
Accusative mǣġmāgasmǣġas
Genitive mǣġesmāga
Dative mǣġemāgum

mæg2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. female relative

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of mæg
SingularPlural
Nominative mǣġmǣġamǣġe
Accusative mǣġemǣġamǣġe
Genitive mǣġemǣġa
Dative mǣġemǣġum

mæg3 · noun · neuter · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of mæġen

mæg4 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first/third-person singular present of magan

  2. Inflected form of magan

All forms (9)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *māg (“kin”). Cognate with Middle Dutch maech (Dutch maag), Old High German māg, Gothic (mēgs, “son-in-law”), Swedish måg (“make”).

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