"mage" meaning in Old English

See mage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɑ.ɡe/, [ˈmɑ.ɣe]
Head templates: {{head|ang|adjective form}} mage
  1. inflection of maga:
    nominative feminine/neuter singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, neuter, nominative, singular Form of: maga
    Sense id: en-mage-ang-adj-3rLI2F-j Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 45 51 4
  2. inflection of maga:
    accusative neuter singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, singular Form of: maga
    Sense id: en-mage-ang-adj-aQJ7mEUT Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 45 51 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑː.ɡe/, [ˈmɑː.ɣe]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *māg. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*māg}} Proto-West Germanic *māg Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=māge}} māge m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|māg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|māge|māgan|māgan|māgan|māgan|māgena|māgan|māgum|num=|title=|type=weak n-stem}} Forms: māge [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], māge [nominative, singular], māgan [nominative, plural], māgan [accusative, singular], māgan [accusative, plural], māgan [genitive, singular], māgena [genitive, plural], māgan [dative, singular], māgum [dative, plural]
  1. kinswoman Related terms: mǣġ
    Sense id: en-mage-ang-noun-eZ8qXvEm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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