mjǫt
Old Norse
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *metą (“measure”). Cognate with Old English met, Old Saxon met, Old High German mez.
Pronunciation
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Noun
mjǫt n pl
- (poetic, plural only) the right measure
- Höfuðlausn, verse 19, lines 3-4, in 1838, Grønlands Historiske Mindesmærker, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 454:
- Kann ek mæla miöt / Of manna ſiöt. […]
- Know I the right measure of words / In front of the audience. […]
- Höfuðlausn, verse 19, lines 3-4, in 1838, Grønlands Historiske Mindesmærker, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 454:
Declension
Declension of mjǫt, (strong a-stem, plural only)
Related terms
References
- mjǫt in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- mjǫt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.