Heáh-mægen

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - heáh-mægen

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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heáh-mægen
n. I. an exalted virtue, one of the three theolological virtues: -- Nú synd ðreó heáhmægnu ðe menn sceolan habban, Fides, Spes, Caritas, Hml. S. 16, 246. II. sublime power, divine might :-- Is þæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, El. 753. Ongit Godes heáhmægen, 464. Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645. Cf. heáh-miht. heah-mægen
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