mækir

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚲᛁᛃᚨ (makija /⁠mākija⁠/) (accusative singular), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Noun[edit]

mækir m (genitive mækis)

(poetic, heiti) sword
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

Declension[edit]

Declension of mækir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mækir	mækirinn	mækar	mækarnir
accusative	mæki	mækinn	mæka	mækana
dative	mæki	mækinum	mækum	mækunum
genitive	mækis	mækisins	mæka	mækanna

Derived terms[edit]

mækis egg (“sword's edge”, poetic formula)

Descendants[edit]

Icelandic: mækir
Faroese: mæki
Norwegian Nynorsk: mækje; (dialectal) mækjer
→ Middle English: meeke
- English: meak

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