Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maegth

/mæɡθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maegth
IPA: /mæɡθ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people

Example Sentences

"Every person had two maegthe, […]"
"The kindred of a person is known as the ‘maegth’."
"The wider kin, the mægth to seven degrees of kindred, may have been little more than a group that paid and stood guarantors."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġþ (“family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people”).

Inflected Forms

maegths (plural) maegthe (plural) mægth (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce maegth?: The recorded pronunciation is /mæɡθ/.
What does maegth mean?: In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people
Where does maegth come from?: Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġþ (“family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people”).

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