"meaht" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /mæ͜ɑxt/
Etymology: From earlier maht due to breaking before [-ht], from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”). Cognates include Old Frisian macht, mecht (West Frisian macht), Middle Dutch macht (Dutch macht), Old High German maht (German Macht), Old Norse máttr (Icelandic máttur), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*mahti}} Proto-West Germanic *mahti, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*mahtiz}} Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*mógʰtis}} Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, {{cog|ofs|macht}} Old Frisian macht, {{cog|fy|macht}} West Frisian macht, {{cog|dum|macht}} Middle Dutch macht, {{cog|nl|macht}} Dutch macht, {{cog|goh|maht}} Old High German maht, {{cog|de|Macht}} German Macht, {{cog|non|máttr}} Old Norse máttr, {{cog|is|máttur}} Icelandic máttur, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} meaht f, {{ang-noun|f}} meaht f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|meaht}}, {{ang-decl-noun|meaht|meahte,meahta|meaht,meahte|meahte,meahta|meahte|meahta|meahte|meahtum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], meaht [nominative, singular], meahte [nominative, plural], meahta [nominative, plural], meaht [accusative, singular], meahte [accusative, singular], meahte [accusative, plural], meahta [accusative, plural], meahte [genitive, singular], meahta [genitive, plural], meahte [dative, singular], meahtum [dative, plural]
  1. Alternative form of miht Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: miht
    Sense id: en-meaht-ang-noun-ZbZMhUx4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /mæ͜ɑxt/
Etymology: Inflection of maġan Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} meaht
  1. second-person singular present indicative of maġan Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: maġan
    Sense id: en-meaht-ang-verb-r7ErnuhB Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian macht",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Macht",
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      "expansion": "Old Norse máttr",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "5": "meahte",
        "6": "meahta",
        "7": "meahte",
        "8": "meahtum",
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        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "expansion": "Old High German maht",
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        "2": "Macht"
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      "expansion": "German Macht",
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