"mægþ" meaning in Old English

See mægþ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mæjθ/
Etymology: Alteration of earlier mæġeþ, with irregular syncope. See there for more. Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=mæġþ|head2=|sort=}} mæġþ f, {{ang-noun|f|head=mæġþ}} mæġþ f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|mæġþ|mæġþ|mæġþ|mæġþ|mæġþ|mæġþa|mæġþ|mæġþum|type=consonant stem, irregular}} Forms: mæġþ [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], mæġþ [nominative, singular], mæġþ [nominative, plural], mæġþ [accusative, singular], mæġþ [accusative, plural], mæġþ [genitive, singular], mæġþa [genitive, plural], mæġþ [dative, singular], mæġþum [dative, plural]
  1. Alternative form of mæġeþ Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mæġeþ
    Sense id: en-mægþ-ang-noun-MWzHsV0v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mæːjθ/
Etymology: From mǣġ (“a relative”) + -þ (suffix forming abstract nouns). Compare the formation of modern English kindred. Etymology templates: {{suffix|ang|mǣġ|þ|pos2=suffix forming abstract nouns|t1=a relative}} mǣġ (“a relative”) + -þ (suffix forming abstract nouns), {{cog|en|kindred}} English kindred Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=mǣġþ|head2=|sort=}} mǣġþ f, {{ang-noun|f|head=mǣġþ}} mǣġþ f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|mǣġþ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|mǣġþ|mǣġþa,mǣġþe|mǣġþe|mǣġþa,mǣġþe|mǣġþe|mǣġþa|mǣġþe|mǣġþum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: mǣġþ [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], mǣġþ [nominative, singular], mǣġþa [nominative, plural], mǣġþe [nominative, plural], mǣġþe [accusative, singular], mǣġþa [accusative, plural], mǣġþe [accusative, plural], mǣġþe [genitive, singular], mǣġþa [genitive, plural], mǣġþe [dative, singular], mǣġþum [dative, plural]
  1. family, kindred Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-mægþ-ang-noun-Q30hz7KW Disambiguation of Family: 3 42 41 14 0
  2. tribe, nation, province Categories (topical): Family, Female family members, Female people
    Sense id: en-mægþ-ang-noun-HS3bYfut Disambiguation of Family: 3 42 41 14 0 Disambiguation of Female family members: 7 19 61 11 3 Disambiguation of Female people: 4 0 70 26 0 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Old English terms suffixed with -þ Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 28 10 43 17 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 12 40 17 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 7 62 15 5 Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -þ: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mǣġeþ Derived forms: mǣġþmoþor, mǣġþsibb
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mæːɡθ/, [mæːɣθ] Forms: mǣgþ [canonical, feminine]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *maigiþō (“shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness”), from *maigaz (“wicked, shameless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*maigiþō||shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness}} Proto-Germanic *maigiþō (“shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=mǣgþ|head2=|sort=}} mǣgþ f, {{ang-noun|f|head=mǣgþ}} mǣgþ f
  1. importunate desire; ambition; greed Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-mægþ-ang-noun-0UaKcLRW Disambiguation of Family: 3 42 41 14 0
  2. power, greatness
    Sense id: en-mægþ-ang-noun-BWqU5zry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġemǣgþ, ġemægþ, ġemǣhþ Related terms: māh, ġemāh
Etymology number: 3
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          "english": "At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nIn ðā ilcan tīd wǣron in Ēastseaxna mǣġðe æfter Swiðhelme, bī þǣm wē ǣr beforan sǣġdon, tweġen cyningas Siġhere ⁊ Sebbe, þēah hē hēo Wulfhere Mercna cyninge underþēodde wǣren in hērnesse.",
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      "word": "mǣġeþ"
    }
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}

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        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "mæġþ",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mæġþ f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "mæġþ"
      },
      "expansion": "mæġþ f",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mæġþ",
        "2": "mæġþ",
        "3": "mæġþ",
        "4": "mæġþ",
        "5": "mæġþ",
        "6": "mæġþa",
        "7": "mæġþ",
        "8": "mæġþum",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mæġeþ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of mæġeþ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mæġeþ",
          "mægeþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæjθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mægþ"
}

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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English ō-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "ang:Female family members",
    "ang:Female people"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mǣġþmoþor"
    },
    {
      "word": "mǣġþsibb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "lbor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kindred"
      },
      "expansion": "English kindred",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "mǣġþ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþ",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþa",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþe",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mǣġþe",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣġþe",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "mǣġþ",
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        "3": "mǣġþe",
        "4": "mǣġþa,mǣġþe",
        "5": "mǣġþe",
        "6": "mǣġþa",
        "7": "mǣġþe",
        "8": "mǣġþum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "family, kindred"
      ],
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          "family"
        ],
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          "kindred",
          "kindred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nIn ðā ilcan tīd wǣron in Ēastseaxna mǣġðe æfter Swiðhelme, bī þǣm wē ǣr beforan sǣġdon, tweġen cyningas Siġhere ⁊ Sebbe, þēah hē hēo Wulfhere Mercna cyninge underþēodde wǣren in hērnesse.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tribe, nation, province"
      ],
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        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ],
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          "nation",
          "nation"
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        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæːjθ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mǣġeþ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mægþ"
}

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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Family",
    "ang:Female family members",
    "ang:Female people"
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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maigiþō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maigiþō (“shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *maigiþō (“shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness”), from *maigaz (“wicked, shameless”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mǣgþ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mǣgþ f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "mǣgþ"
      },
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "māh"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġemāh"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "importunate desire; ambition; greed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "importunate",
          "importunate"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "ambition",
          "ambition"
        ],
        [
          "greed",
          "greed"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "power, greatness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "greatness",
          "greatness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæːɡθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæːɣθ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ġemǣgþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġemægþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġemǣhþ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mægþ"
}

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