Maca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Maca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: ge-maca, ge-mæc. maca,maca-

Definitions

1 maca

m. A make, mate, match :-- Fadores æc gimaca ðæm maca patrisque compar unice (the glosser seems to have misunderstood unice), Rtl. 165, 11. [Make is used by Ben Jonson. Icel. maki a match, mate : Dan. mage.]

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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