• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡan/ [ˈmʌɡʌn]
• Hyphenation:ma‧gan

mágan m 

1. interdiction,prohibition

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015)L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

magan

1. definiteaccusativesingular ofmagi

magan

1. Romanization of𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽

magan

1. Rōmaji transcription ofまがん
2. Rōmaji transcription ofマガン

• IPA^(key): /²mɑ(ː).ɡɑn/

magan m

1. definitesingular ofmaga
   • 1984,Ove Røsbak,Husimellom,[Oslo]: Cappelen, page42:

     Det sokk så det kjetla imagan.

     It dawned so thatthe stomack tickled.

• “magan” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

• *mugan,*meġan

FromProto-West Germanic*magan, fromProto-Germanic*maganą. See there for cognates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡɑn/,[ˈmɑ.ɣɑn]

magan

1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive)can, to be able
   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr nemihte nā mā munuca wunian...

     Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monkscould dwell there...

   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"Saint Swithhun, Bishop"

     ...he næfre ær naht cweðan nemihte...

     ...he had never beforebeen able to speak,...

   • Early 11th century,Wulfstan,"Secundum Lucam"

     Uton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wēmagon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.

     Let us help ourselves while wecan, lest we perish when we least expect it.

   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"Of the Catholic Faith"

     Būtan ġē hit ġelīefen, nemagon ġē hit understandan.

     Unless you believe it, youcannot understand it.

   • late 10th century,Ælfric,the Old English Hexateuch,Genesis 45:3

     And hē cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, "Iċ eom Iosep! Leofaþ ūre fæder nū ġīet?" Þā nemeahton his ġebrōðru him for eġe ġeandwyrdan.

     And he said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?" But, out of fear, his brotherscould not answer him.

   • c. 990,Wessex Gospels,Matthew 26:8-9

     Þēos sealfmeahte bēon ġeseald tō miċelum weorðe and þearfum ġedǣledu.

     This ointmentcould have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor.

   • c. 990,Wessex Gospels,Mark 14:37

     Þā cōm hē and fand hīe slāpende, and cwæþ tō Petre, "Simon, slǣpst þū?Ne meahtest þū āne tīde wacian?"

     Then he came and found them asleep, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep?Could'nt you stay awake for one hour?"

   • c. 992,Ælfric,"Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion"

     Swā fela þūsenda englameahton ēaðe bewerian Crist wiþ þām unmannum, mid heofonlīcum wǣpnum, ġif hē þrōwian nolde selfwilles for ūs.

     That many thousands of angelscould have easily defended Christ against those brutes [the men who came to arrest Jesus], with weapons from heaven, if he didn't want to suffer voluntarily for us.

2. (transitive)can (do something), to be able (to do something)
   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"The First Sunday After Easter"

     God is ælmihtiġ, andmæġ eall þæt hē wile.

     God is all-mighty, andcan do anything he wants.

   • Durham Proverbs,no. 22

     Eargmæġ þæt ān: þæt hē him ondrǣde.

     A cowardcan onlydo one thing: fear.

3. avail,prevail
   • Nine Herbs Charm,[2]

     Þūmeaht wiþ þām lāþan / þe ġeond land færeþ.

     Youavail against the loathsome one going around the land.

4. (intransitive) To getalong; to be in any state, or pass through any experience (often with a qualifier denoting the nature of one's state)

   Synonym:faran

   "Humeaht þu?" "Icmæg wel."

   "Howare yougoing?" "Iam well."

• Late West Saxon usesmiht(-) formeaht(-). By contrast, our most reliable witness of Early West Saxon spelling,King Alfred's translation ofPope Gregory'sPastoral Care, consistently hasmeaht(-), occasionallymeht(-).

• meagol
• miht

• mæġen

• Middle English:mowen(mostly from analogical*mugan)
  • English:may
  • Scots:mey,may,ma
  • Yola:mye,mey,meigh,mai,maa,ma

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