mægen
Old English
noun
Definitions
- strength, power
- force, army
- virtue, efficacy, efficiency
- (in compounds) very
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *maganą (may, be able to, be able).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maganą
Gloss
may, be able to, be able
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *(me)mógʰe Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *maganą Proto-Germanic
- *maginą Proto-Germanic
- magan Old English
- magn Old Norse
- mega Old Norse
- úmagi Old Norse
- magn Icelandic
- magan Old High German
- mugan Old High German
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *magan gmw-pro
- mugan Old Dutch
- vormogen Middle Low German
- megin Old Saxon
- mugan Old Saxon
- *magan Frankish
- muga Old Frisian
- Magnhild Norwegian