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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people.
The wider kin, the mægth to seven degrees of kindred, may have been little more than a group that paid and stood guarantors.
Every person had two maegthe, […]
The kindred of a person is known as the ‘maegth’.
Use maegth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Maegth means (historical) In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The wider kin, the mægth to seven degrees of kindred, may have been little more than a group that paid and stood guarantors.
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