meaht
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]meaht f
- Alternative form of miht
Declension
[edit]Strong i-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | meaht | meahte, meahta |
accusative | meaht, meahte | meahte, meahta |
genitive | meahte | meahta |
dative | meahte | meahtum |
Etymology 2
[edit]Inflection of maġan
Verb
[edit]meaht
Categories:
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English i-stem nouns
- Old English non-lemma forms
- Old English verb forms