mægen

Senses

1. strength, power

   Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð

   Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down,

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. force, army

   "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19

   And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.

3. virtue, efficacy, efficiency

4. very

   mæġenheard

   very hard

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. plural present subjunctive of magan

2. Inflected form of magan