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mestr

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton maestr, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister

Noun

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mestr m (plural mestroù or mistr or mistri)

  1. master

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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mestr

  1. imperative of mestre

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *maistaz, superlative form of *mikilaz (great, large, many).

Adjective

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mestr

  1. superlative degree of mikill
  2. most
  3. largest

Declension

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Strong declension of superlative of mestr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mestr mest mest
accusative mestan mesta mest
dative mestum mestri mestu
genitive mests mestrar mests
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mestir mestar mest
accusative mesta mestar mest
dative mestum mestum mestum
genitive mestra mestra mestra
Weak declension of superlative of mestr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mesti mesta mesta
accusative mesta mestu mesta
dative mesta mestu mesta
genitive mesta mestu mesta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mestu mestu mestu
accusative mestu mestu mestu
dative mestum mestum mestum
genitive mestu mestu mestu

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: mestur
  • Faroese: mestur
  • Old Swedish: mæster
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mest (obsolete or dialectal)

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mestr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive