n. [cp. megin and mega], main (as in ‘might and main’), strength; hver Guð hafa þér magn gefit? Bær. 9; trúa magni, Fas. i. 438 (in a verse); þótt magnit væri litið, Bs. i; sina-magn, the strength of the houghs, Vkv. 16; fyrir sakir magns munar, by main force, Bs. i. 679; vinds magn, Barl. 63; mátt ok magn, Fb. i. 259; meira magn, Bs. ii. 18; vera e-t um magn, to be beyond one’s power, too strong for one, Stj. 395; bera e-n magni, to overpower by main force, 512; hón segir at máttr skal at magni um liðveizlu við hann, she says that might shall go with main in helping him, Ó. H. 144; af magni, with might and main, Lex. Poët.; eptir öllu magni, id., Fms. viii. 104; er þat við meira magni, at þú gengr við slíkar meiðingar, it is a sorer thing that …, Bs. i. 531; magn flóttans = megin, Fb. ii. 615; magn ríkis síns, Al. 53: plur. goð-mögn (q. v.), see megin.