mjúkr

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Contents

1 Old Norse
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Adjective

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *meuk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”).

Adjective[edit]

mjúkr

soft
meek

Antonyms[edit]

(soft): harðr

Derived terms[edit]

mjúkleikr

Descendants[edit]

Danish: myg
Faroese: mjúkur
Icelandic: mjúkur
Norwegian: myk (bokmål), mjuk
Swedish: mjuk

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