Un-maga

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

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un-maga

m.: un-magu; f. I. a person without means, a needy person :-- Se maga and se unmaga ne beóð ná gelíce, ne ne magon ná gelíce byrðene áhebban ... and ðý man sceal gescádlíce tóscádan ... welan and wǽdle, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 16: L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 6. Ðis is mihtiges mannes and freóndspédiges dǽdbótlihtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, L. P. M. 4; Th. ii. 288, 22. Ðú ne scealt nǽfre gelíce déman ... ðam strangan and ðam unmagan, L. de Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260, 25. Ðearfan and unmagon pauperem et inopem, Ps. Spl. 36, 15. II. a person who cannot maintain himself, one who is dependent upon others :-- Mardocheus hæfde Hester for dohtor, for ðan hire deád wæs ge fæder ge módor, ðá ðá heó unmagu (-maga, ) wæs, Homl. Ass. 94, 86. Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan óðfæste, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 4. [On-mawe, Fer. i. 2658. O. H. Ger. un-mag segnis, dissolutus; parvulus: Icel. ú-magi one who cannot maintain himself, e.g. a child.] un-maga

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