Megin
Old Icelandic Dictionary - meginMeaning of Old Icelandic word "megin" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
megin Old Icelandic word can mean:
- megin
- I)
- megin
- (gen. -s, dat. magni or megni), n.
- megin
- 1) might, power, strenght (svá sem á leið sóttina minkaði storum m. hans);
- megin
- 2) the main, chief part of a thing; allt m. landsins, the main part of the land.
- megin
- II)
- megin
- adv., prop. dat. pl. from vegr; kvenna m., on the women’s side (in a chuch); karla m., on the men’s side; Hjarðarholts m., on the H. side (of the river); inum vinstra m., hœgra m., on the left (right) side; einuni m., from one side only (þar mátti einum m. at sœkja); öðrum m., on the other side (herskip liggja öðrum m. undir nesinu); báðum m., on both sides; öllum m., from all sides; þeim m., on that side.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚴᛁᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- m.
- masculine.
- adv.
- adverb.
- pl.
- plural.
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