Meaning of mægth | Babel Free

Examples

“Whether, before the name of shire was introduced into Mercia, the several mægths or regions bore any common designation, such as that of gau, must remain in entire obscurity.”

“It is clear from the place-names that the settlement of the Jutes, the Saxons, and the Angles in Britain was largely effected on the principle of allotment of territory to mægths.”

“The numerous earthworks called Maiden Castle, many of them of Celtic origin, were probably used as defensive earthworks by the early mægths.”

“Settlement was by mægths, and the unit of landed property was the terra familiae (hiwisc or hide), which, as involving a kind of house-community with regard to proprietorship and cultivation, was “probably not unlike” the Welsh gwely (p. 141).”

“[…]an alliance of such mægths and their leading satraps.”

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