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Maegthe vs Maegth - What's the difference?

maegthe | maegth |

As nouns the difference between maegthe and maegth

is that maegthe is plural of lang=en while maegth is in Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people.

maegthe

English

Noun

(head)

    • maegth

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (historical) In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people
  • * 1885 , Thomas Edward Scrutton, The Influence of Roman Law on the Law of England , page 41:
    • Every person had two maegthe ,
  • * 1923 , W. S. Holdsworth, Historical English Law , II. 36:
    • The kindred of a person is known as the ‘maegth ’.
  • * 1991 , Henry Royston Loyn, Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest , page 307:
    • The wider kin, the mægth to seven degrees of kindred, may have been little more than a group that paid and stood guarantors.

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    * English nouns with irregular plurals