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"word": "meagol"
},
{
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"word": "miht"
}
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},
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"qq": "mostly from analogical <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ang\">*mugan</i>"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: mowen (mostly from analogical *mugan)\nEnglish: may\nScots: mey, may, ma\nYola: mye, mey, mai, maa, ma; meigh",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: mowen (mostly from analogical *mugan)\nEnglish: may\nScots: mey, may, ma\nYola: mye, mey, mai, maa, ma; meigh"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą. See there for cognates.",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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"singular",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "magon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "meahton",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mehton",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mæġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meahte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mehte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mæġen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "meahten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mehten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "magende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "magan<pp>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "mæġen"
}
],
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{
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{
"english": "Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nÞā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā munuca wunian...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "...he had never before been able to speak,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Swithhun, Bishop\"\n...he næfre ær naht cweðan ne mihte...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Let us help ourselves while we can, lest we perish when we least expect it.",
"text": "Early 11th century, Wulfstan, \"Secundum Lucam\"\nUton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wē magon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Unless you believe it, you cannot understand it.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Of the Catholic Faith\"\nBūtan ġē hit ġelīefen, ne magon ġē hit understandan.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "And he said to his brothers, \"I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?\" But, out of fear, his brothers could not answer him.",
"roman": "And hē cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, \"Iċ eom Iosep! Leofaþ ūre fæder nū ġīet?\" Þā ne meahton his ġebrōðru him for eġe ġeandwyrdan.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 45:3",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "This ointment could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor.",
"roman": "Þēos sealf meahte bēon ġeseald tō miċelum weorðe and þearfum ġedǣledu.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:8-9",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then he came and found them asleep, and said to Peter, \"Simon, are you asleep? Could'nt you stay awake for one hour?\"",
"roman": "Þā cōm hē and fand hīe slāpende, and cwæþ tō Petre, \"Simon, slǣpst þū? Ne meahtest þū āne tīde wacian?\"",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 14:37",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "That many thousands of angels could have easily defended Christ against those brutes [the men who came to arrest Jesus], with weapons from heaven, if he didn't want to suffer voluntarily for us.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion\"\nSwā fela þūsenda engla meahton ēaðe bewerian Crist wiþ þām unmannum, mid heofonlīcum wǣpnum, ġif hē þrōwian nolde selfwilles for ūs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"can, to be able"
],
"id": "en-magan-ang-verb-5609cfEg",
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[
"can",
"can"
]
],
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"(auxiliary, with an infinitive) can, to be able"
],
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"with an infinitive"
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{
"english": "God is all-mighty, and can do anything he wants.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday After Easter\"\nGod is ælmihtiġ, and mæġ eall þæt hē wile.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "A coward can only do one thing: fear.",
"roman": "Earg mæġ þæt ān: þæt hē him ondrǣde.",
"text": "Durham Proverbs, no. 22",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"(transitive) can (do something), to be able (to do something)"
],
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},
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{
"english": "You avail against the loathsome one going around the land.",
"text": "Nine Herbs Charm, https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a43_02.htm\nÞū meaht wiþ þām lāþan / þe ġeond land færeþ.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
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"english": "\"How are you going?\" \"I am well.\"",
"text": "\"Hu meaht þu?\" \"Ic mæg wel.\"",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To get along; to be in any state, or pass through any experience (often with a qualifier denoting the nature of one's state)"
],
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"(intransitive) To get along; to be in any state, or pass through any experience (often with a qualifier denoting the nature of one's state)"
],
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"word": "faran"
}
],
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]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɑ.ɡɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɑ.ɣɑn]"
}
],
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"word": "*mugan"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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}
],
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"Old English lemmas",
"Old English preterite-present verbs",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"name": "desctree"
}
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}
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present"
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{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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"Old English terms with quotations"
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{
"english": "Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nÞā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā munuca wunian...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "...he had never before been able to speak,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Swithhun, Bishop\"\n...he næfre ær naht cweðan ne mihte...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Let us help ourselves while we can, lest we perish when we least expect it.",
"text": "Early 11th century, Wulfstan, \"Secundum Lucam\"\nUton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wē magon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Unless you believe it, you cannot understand it.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Of the Catholic Faith\"\nBūtan ġē hit ġelīefen, ne magon ġē hit understandan.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "And he said to his brothers, \"I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?\" But, out of fear, his brothers could not answer him.",
"roman": "And hē cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, \"Iċ eom Iosep! Leofaþ ūre fæder nū ġīet?\" Þā ne meahton his ġebrōðru him for eġe ġeandwyrdan.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 45:3",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "This ointment could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor.",
"roman": "Þēos sealf meahte bēon ġeseald tō miċelum weorðe and þearfum ġedǣledu.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:8-9",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then he came and found them asleep, and said to Peter, \"Simon, are you asleep? Could'nt you stay awake for one hour?\"",
"roman": "Þā cōm hē and fand hīe slāpende, and cwæþ tō Petre, \"Simon, slǣpst þū? Ne meahtest þū āne tīde wacian?\"",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 14:37",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "That many thousands of angels could have easily defended Christ against those brutes [the men who came to arrest Jesus], with weapons from heaven, if he didn't want to suffer voluntarily for us.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion\"\nSwā fela þūsenda engla meahton ēaðe bewerian Crist wiþ þām unmannum, mid heofonlīcum wǣpnum, ġif hē þrōwian nolde selfwilles for ūs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"can, to be able"
],
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"can",
"can"
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],
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"(auxiliary, with an infinitive) can, to be able"
],
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"with an infinitive"
],
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"auxiliary"
]
},
{
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"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"english": "God is all-mighty, and can do anything he wants.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday After Easter\"\nGod is ælmihtiġ, and mæġ eall þæt hē wile.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "A coward can only do one thing: fear.",
"roman": "Earg mæġ þæt ān: þæt hē him ondrǣde.",
"text": "Durham Proverbs, no. 22",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"can (do something), to be able (to do something)"
],
"links": [
[
"can",
"can"
]
],
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"(transitive) can (do something), to be able (to do something)"
],
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"transitive"
]
},
{
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"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You avail against the loathsome one going around the land.",
"text": "Nine Herbs Charm, https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a43_02.htm\nÞū meaht wiþ þām lāþan / þe ġeond land færeþ.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"avail, prevail"
],
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[
"avail",
"avail"
],
[
"prevail",
"prevail"
]
]
},
{
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"Old English intransitive verbs",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "\"How are you going?\" \"I am well.\"",
"text": "\"Hu meaht þu?\" \"Ic mæg wel.\"",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To get along; to be in any state, or pass through any experience (often with a qualifier denoting the nature of one's state)"
],
"links": [
[
"along",
"along"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To get along; to be in any state, or pass through any experience (often with a qualifier denoting the nature of one's state)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "faran"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɑ.ɡɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɑ.ɣɑn]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*mugan"
},
{
"word": "*meġan"
}
],
"word": "magan"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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