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scather threats (troops), 5
monegum mǣġþum,
meodosetla oftēah, of many
maegths (clans; cf.
Irish cognate Mac-), of mead-settees atee (deprive), egsode...
- no
preceding resonant /t/ /θ/ /s/
Examples /st/ /ft/ /xt/ /pθ/ /fθ/ /kθ/ /xθ/ /jθ/ /ps/ /ks/ dūst, cræft, ǣht, bestæpþ, drīfð, brȳcþ,
mǣġþ, wæps, seax...
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foundations of Anglo-Saxon law was the
extended family or
kindred (Old English:
mægþ).
Membership in a
kindred provided the
individual with
protection and security...
