heafodmægen

Old English

Etymology

hēafod- +‎ mæġen

Noun

hēafodmæġen n

1. chief virtue
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"

     Nū syndon eahta hēafodmæġnu ðā magan oferswīðan þās foresǣdan dēoflu þurh drihtnes fultum.

     Now there are eight Chief Virtues, which may overcome these aforesaid devils, through the Lord's assistance.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hēafodmæġen	hēafodmæġnu
accusative	hēafodmæġen	hēafodmæġnu
genitive	hēafodmæġnes	hēafodmæġna
dative	hēafodmæġne	hēafodmæġnum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heáfod-mægen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.