"maegth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maegths [plural], maegthe [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġþ (“family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|mǣġþ#Etymology 2|mǣġþ|t=family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people}} Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġþ (“family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|maegthe}} maegth (plural maegths or maegthe)
  1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people Tags: historical Synonyms: mægth

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