etan) dyde
mægen
Hrēðmanna
(_the best of the Hreðmen_), 445; gen.
Beowulf
n.: 1) _might, bodily strength, heroic power_: acc. sg. mægen,
518, 1707; instr. sg. mægene, 780(?), 2668; gen. sg. mægenes, 418, 1271,
1535, 1717, etc.; mægnes, 671, 1762; mægenes strang, strengest (_great in
strength_), 1845, 196; mægenes rōf (id.), 2085.--2) _prime, flower_ (of a
nation), _forces available in war_: acc. sg. swā hē oft (i.e.
etan) dyde
mægen
Hrēðmanna
(_the best of the Hreðmen_), 445; gen.
sg. wið manna hwone
mægenes Deniga (_from(?) any of the men of the Danes_), 155.--Comp.
ofer-mægen.
mægen-āgend, pres. part., _having great strength, valiant_: gen. pl.
-āgendra, 2838.
mægen-byrðen, st. f., _huge burthen_: acc. sg. mægen-byrðenne, 3092; dat.
