eldertongue

Old English · adjective

mægenheard

Normalised mæġenheard

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈmæ.jenˌxæ͜ɑrd/
[ˈmæ.jenˌhæ͜ɑrˠd]
Syllables
ˈmæ · jen · ˌxæ͜ɑrd (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. very strong, powerful, hard

    byþ on reċyde rinca ġehwylċum sēfte, and swīþhwæt ðām ðe sitteþ on ufan mēare mæġenheardum ofer mīlpaþas.

    Furniture is soft in a house for any of warriors, and [the harness] is well-strong for whom who sits above a horse well hardly over roads.

    c. 1000, The Rune Poem:

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From mæġen (“strength”) + heard (“hard”).

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