English
maegth
Maegth comes from Old English mǣġþ ‘family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock,…’, and goes back to mǣġ ‘a relative’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mǣġ‘a relative’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150mǣġþ‘family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885maegth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mǣġ‘a relative’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150mǣġþ‘family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885maegth
Earliest quotation: 1885, Thomas Edward Scrutton, The Influence of Roman Law on the Law of England: “Every person had two maegthe, […]”
Linked words
through Old English mǣġ ‘a relative’
Today it means
noun In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English mǣġ / maegth