meaht

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæ͜ɑxt/

Etymology 1

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

meaht f

  1. alternative form of miht
Declension

Strong i-stem:

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

Etymology 2

Inflection of maġan

Verb

meaht

  1. second-person singular present indicative of maġan
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