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- noun history In
Anglo-Saxon England, anextended family , a kind ofkindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people
Etymologies
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From Old English mǣġþ ("family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people"), from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“kin”). Cognate with Middle Dutch maech, Dutch maag, Old High German māg, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 ("son-in-law"), equivalent to maeg + -th.
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Examples
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The most elementary of these groups is the _maegth_, the association of agnatic and cognatic relations.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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A man's actions are considered not as exertions of his individual will, but as acts of the kindred, and all the fellows of the maegth are held responsible for them.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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