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mægen-spéd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mægen-spéd, e; f.
Abundance of strength, strength
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  • (cf.

    on ðínes mægenes miclum spédum

    in virtute tua,

    • Ps. Th. 73, 13
    • )
    ,
power, virtue
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  • Ic ðé sceal meotudes mægenspéd gesecgan

    to thee am I to tell the Maker's abundant might,

    • Exon. 92 b
    • ;
    • Th. 348, 6
    • ;
    • Sch. 24.
  • Hé mec for miltsum and mægenspédum nǽfre wille án forlǽtan

    on account of his mercy and his might he will never forsake me,

    • 42 a
    • ;
    • Th. 140, 17
    • ;
    • Gú. 611: Andr. Kmbl. 2572
    • ;
    • An. 1287.
  • Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde

    os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 14.
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  • mægen-spéd, n.