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meaht

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From earlier maht due to breaking before [-ht], from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (might, power), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (to allow, be able, help). Cognates include Old Frisian macht, mecht (West Frisian macht), Middle Dutch macht (Dutch macht), Old High German maht (German Macht), Old Norse máttr (Icelandic máttur), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

Noun

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meaht f

  1. Alternative form of miht

Declension

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Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative meaht meahte, meahta
accusative meaht, meahte meahte, meahta
genitive meahte meahta
dative meahte meahtum

Etymology 2

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Inflection of maġan

Verb

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meaht

  1. second-person singular present indicative of maġan