mæg

See also: má ég

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

• mèg

Etymology

Inherited from French maigre (“meagre, skinny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Adjective

mæg

1. skinny, thin

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *māg (“kin”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch maech (Dutch maag), Old High German māg, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”), Swedish måg (“make”).

Alternative forms

• ᛗᚫᚷ (mæġ) — Runic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæːj/

Noun

mǣġ m

1. relative, kinsman
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
     grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
     seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

     when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
     greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
     comrades of men. They often swim away.

Declension

Declension of mǣġ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mǣġ	māgas
accusative	mǣġ	māgas
genitive	mǣġes	māga
dative	mǣġe	māgum

Derived terms

• frēomǣġ
• mǣġþ
• mǣġbana
• mǣġburg

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• mege

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæːj/

Noun

mǣġ f

1. female relative

Declension

Declension of mǣġ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mǣġ	mǣġa, mǣġe
accusative	mǣġe	mǣġa, mǣġe
genitive	mǣġe	mǣġa
dative	mǣġe	mǣġum

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæj/

Noun

mæġ m

1. power, might

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• maig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæj/

Verb

mæġ

1. first/third-person singular present of magan