mægen

See also: Mägen

Middle English

Noun

mægen

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of mayn

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maganą, *maginą, whence also Old Saxon megin, Old High German magan, megin, Old Norse magn, megin, megn. See also magan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæ.jen/

Noun

mæġen n

  1. strength, power
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð sēo sunne, and ðǣs ealdiġendan mannes mæġen bið waniġende. Sēo endlyfte tīd bið sēo forwerode ealdnyss, þām dēaðe ġenēalǣċende, swā swā sēo sunne setlunge ġenēalǣhð on þǣs dæġes ġeendunge.
      Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.
  2. force, army
    • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19
      And nū ic sealde ēow ānweald tō tredenne ofer nǣddran. And snacan and ofer ǣlc fēondes mæġen. And nān þing ēow ne derað...
      And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.
  3. virtue, efficacy, efficiency
  4. (in compounds) very
    mæġenheard ― very hard

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative mæġen mæġnu
accusative mæġen mæġnu
genitive mæġnes mæġna
dative mæġne mæġnum

It also appears without syncope: Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative mæġen mæġenu
accusative mæġen mæġenu
genitive mæġenes mæġena
dative mæġene mæġenum

Derived terms

  • beadumæġen (“battle strength, force”)
  • dēaþmæġen (“deadly band”)
  • ealmæġen (“utmost effort”)
  • eorlmæġen (“band of noble warriors”)
  • eorþmæġen (“earthly power”)
  • fīfmæġen (“magic power”)
  • folcmæġen (“public force, folk power, people power, army”)
  • fulmæġen (“great power, full power”)
  • giestmæġen (“a force composed of guests”)
  • godmæġen (“divine power, divinity”)
  • handmæġen (“bodily strength, hand power”)
  • hēahmæġen (“great force: power, virtue”)
  • hellemæġen (“troop of hell”)
  • heofonmæġen (“heavenly force”)
  • heremæġen (“warlike force, multitude”)
  • holmmæġen (“force of the waves”)
  • hordmæġen (“abundance of wealth, riches, power of wealth”)
  • innoþmæġen (“inner strength”)
  • lēodmæġen (“might of the people, people power, host power, virtue”)
  • lofmæġen (“abundance, greatness of praise, power of praise”)
  • mæġenāgende (“mighty”)
  • mæġenbyrþen (“huge burden”)
  • mæġencorþor (“strong troop”)
  • mæġencræft (“main force, great strength, might”)
  • mæġencræftig (“mighty”)
  • mæġencyning (“mighty king”)
  • mæġendǣd (“mighty deed”)
  • mæġenēaca (“increase in power, reinforcement, succour”)
  • mæġenēacen (“mighty, vigorous, powerful”)
  • mæġenearfoþe (“great misery or trial”)
  • mæġenellen (“mighty valor”)
  • mæġenfæst (“vigorous, strong, steadfast”)
  • mæġenfolc (“a mighty company of folk, a might people”)
  • mæġenfultum (“mighty help”)
  • mæġenhēap (“powerful band”)
  • mæġenheard (“very strong”)
  • mæġenian (“to gain strength: establish, confirm”)
  • mæġenlēas (“powerless, feeble, helpless”)
  • mæġenlēaslīce (“feebly, impotently”)
  • mæġenlēast (“weakness, feebleness, inability”)
  • mæġenrǣs (“mighty onslaught”)
  • mæġenrōf (“of great power, powerful”)
  • mæġenscipe (“might, power”)
  • mæġenspēd (“abundance of power, virtue”)
  • mæġenstān (“huge stone”)
  • mæġenstrang (“of great virtue or strength”)
  • mæġenstrengu, mæġenstrengþu (“main strength, main force, great might”)
  • mæġenþegn (“mighty minister”)
  • mæġenþise (“violence, force”)
  • mæġenþrēat (“mighty host”)
  • mæġenþrymm (“power, might, greatness, glory; heavenly host: Christ: heaven”)
  • mæġenþrymnes (“great glory, majesty”)
  • mæġenweorc (“mighty work”)
  • mæġenwīsa (“general”)
  • mæġenwudu (“strong spear”)
  • mæġenwundor (“striking wonder”)
  • manmæġen (“troop, force, cohort”)
  • nīedmæġen (“violence, compulsion by force”)
  • ofermæġen (“overpowering might”)
  • rǣdmæġen (“productive force, beneficial force”)
  • sīþmæġen (“band of warriors”)
  • stīþmæġen (“powerful force”)
  • tōþmæġen (“strength of teeth or tusks”)
  • þēodmæġen (“troop, host, a tribal force”)

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