mæg

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Louisiana Creole

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Inherited from French maigre (meagre, skinny).

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mæg

  1. skinny, thin

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *māg (kin).

Cognate with Middle Dutch maech (Dutch maag), Old High German māg, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, son-in-law), Swedish måg (make).

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mǣġ m

  1. relative, kinsman
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
      grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
      seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.
      when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
      greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
      comrades of men. They often swim away.
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Etymology 2

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mǣġ f

  1. female relative
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Etymology 3

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mæġ m

  1. power, might

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mæġ

  1. first/third-person singular present of magan