Mægen-þrymm

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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mægen-þrymm
m. (The word is used almost exclusively in reference to the Deity). I. Majesty, greatness, glory:--Se myccla mægenþrym Christ)">the great majesty (of Christ), Blickl. Homl. 179, 8. Mægenþrymmes God Deus majestatis, Ps. Th. 28, 3. Mægenþrymmes ðínes majestatis tuæ, 144, 5. His mægenþrymmes magnitudinis ejus, 150, 2. His ríces ongin, ne his mihte, ne his mægenþrymmes nǽfre gewonad ne weorþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 9, 17. Hé (Christ) hine ungyrede ðæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, and gegyrede hine þeówlíce, 105, 3. Ðonne se heofenlíca déma cymþ on egeslícum mægenþrymme, Homl. Th. ii. 558, 9: Lk. Skt. 9, 26, 31, 32. Mid ðý mǽstan mægenþrymme, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 30: Cri. 1009. Johannes on Godes mægenþrymme hí gebletsode, Homl. Th. i. 64, 4. Wé gesáwon Godes mægenþrim and his micelnisse (majestatem et magnitudinem suam), Deut. 5, 24. II. (using the attribute for the person), Christ:--Mægenþrym árás, sigefæst and snottor, Exon. 120 a; Th. 420, 25; Hö. 22. III. great power, might:--Gé geseóþ mannes Bearn sittende on ða swýðran healfe Godes mægenþrymmes videbitis filium hominis sedentem a dextris virtutis Dei, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 64. Ic sóhte hwylc wǽre mægenþrymmes oððe elnes se Pater Noster, Salm. Kmbl. 20; Sal. 10. In ðam mægenþrymme mid ðam sý áhefed heofon and eorþe in that mighty power with which is uplifted heaven and earth, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 31; Sch. 88. Hé hine of sáwle deáþe áwehte þurh ðone mægenþrym he raised him from the death of the soul through divine power, Blickl. Homl. 77, 10. Mægenþrymmum mǽst mightiest, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 35; Exod. 349. IV. an instance in which the divine glory or power is displayed:--Eftwyrd cymþ, mægenþrymma mǽst, dæg dǽdum fáh (doom's day), Cd. 169; Th. 212, 16; Exod. 540. V. the glory of heaven, heaven, the angels who inhabit heaven:--Wuldres ealdor middangeardes and mægenþrymmes the prince of glory, of earth and of heaven, Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 33; Jul. 154. Hé is cyning middangeardes and mægenþrymmes, wuldre biwunden, 65 b; Th. 241, 33; Ph. 665: 16 a; Th. 35, 13; Cri. 557. Ufan of roderum, of his mægenþrymme, 98 a; Th. 368, 24; Seel. 29. Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider (to earth) gefleógan of his mægenþrymme, 12 a; Th. 19, 5; Cri. 296. Næs ǽnig ðá giet engel geworden ne ðæs miclan mægenþrymmes nán was not any angel then created, nor any of that great and glorious band, 12 b; Th. 22, 16; Cri. 352. mægen-þrymm
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