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Meaning of maegth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people

historical

Examples

“Every person had two maegthe, […]”
“The kindred of a person is known as the ‘maegth’.”
“The wider kin, the mægth to seven degrees of kindred, may have been little more than a group that paid and stood guarantors.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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