heafodmægen

hēafod- +‎ mæġen

hēafodmæġen n

1. chief virtue
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"

     Nū syndon eahta hēafodmæġnu ðā magan oferswīðan þās foresǣdan dēoflu þurh drihtnes fultum.

     Now there are eight Chief Virtues, which may overcome these aforesaid devils, through the Lord's assistance.

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heáfod-mægen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.