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Maga

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m. The MAW, stomach:--Maga stomachus, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 114; Wrt. Voc. 45, 19: 65, 54: Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 40. Fleumon, magan untrymness, 39, 12. Magan masdi, 56, 9. Gif se maga áþened síe, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 158, 4. Be geswelle ðæs magan, 158, 6. Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce mettas lyste, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Hit ðone magan ealne áfeormaþ, Herb. 70; Lchdm. i. 162, 19. Lege ofer ðone magan, L. M. 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 20. [H. M. mahe: A. R. Chauc. Piers. P. mawe: Icel. magi: Dan. mave: O. H. Ger. mago: Ger. magen.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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