mægen

See also: Mägen

Middle English

Noun

mægen

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of mayn

Old English

Alternative forms

• mæġn

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
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

Declension of mægen (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mæġen	mæġnu
accusative	mæġen	mæġnu
genitive	mæġnes	mæġna
dative	mæġne	mæġnum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• mæġenian (“to gain strength: establish, confirm”)
• mæġenlēaslīce (“feebly, impotently”)
• mæġenlēas (“powerless, feeble, helpless”)
• mæġenlēast (“weakness, feebleness, inability”)
• 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”)
• 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”)
• 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”)
• 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”)

Descendants

• Middle English: mayn, mæȝan, mægen, mæine, mæȝen, mæin, mæigne, meȝen; main, maine, mayne, mein, meyn, meyne
  • English: main
  • Scots: mayne, mayn, main, mane