Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːjɪn/
- Rhymes: -eːjɪn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeiːjɪn/
- Rhymes: -eiːjɪn
Noun
megin n (genitive singular megins, no plural)
- strength, power, ability
- the main part, greater part
Declension
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n-s |
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indefinite |
definite |
nominative |
megin |
megnið |
accusative |
megin |
megnið |
dative |
megni |
megninu |
genitive |
megins |
meginsins |
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Adverb
megin
- used after qualifiers to mean "on X side"; often followed by a prepositional phrase
Risaeðlurnar voru hinum megin í Vetrarbrautinni.- The dinosaurs were on the other side of the Milky Way.
Ég segi honum að setjast í framsætið og hann reynir undir eins að fara inn bílstjóramegin.- I tell him to sit in the front, and he immediately tries to get in on the driver's side.
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ̃ɡɪ̃n/
Noun
megin n (genitive megins)
- (singular only) might, power, strength
- Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
- […] máni þat né vissi / hvat hann megins átti, […]
- […] moon yet knew not / what its might was, […]
- (singular only, especially in compounds) the main, chief part of a thing
- Upphaf Rikis Haralds Harfagra 5, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 184:
- […] allan Þrándheim ok allt megin landsins, […]
- […] the whole Trondheim and all the mainland, […]
Declension
More information neuter, singular ...
neuter |
singular |
indefinite |
definite |
nominative |
megin |
megnit |
accusative |
megin |
megnit |
dative |
megni, magni |
megninu, magninu |
genitive |
megins |
meginsins |
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Declension of megin (strong a-stem, singular only)
Derived terms
Terms derived from megin
- jarðarmegin (“the wide earth”)
- hafsmegin (“theopen sea”)
- landsmegin (“mainland”)
- meginafl (“main strength”)
- meginá (“main river”)
- megináss (“Odin”)
- meginborg (“main castle”)
- meginbygð (“main district”)
- megindómar (“great events”)
- megindróttning (“the Virgin Mary”)
- megindýrr (“dearly beloved”)
- meginfjall (“great mountain”)
- meginfjarri (“very far off”)
- meginfjǫldi (“vast multitude”)
- meginflokkr (“main body”)
- meginflótti (“main body of a host”)
- megingjǫrð (“girdle of power”)
- megingóðr (“mighty good”)
- megingóðvætliga (“very kindly”)
- megingrimmr (“very fierce”)
- meginhaf (“ocean”)
- meginherr (“main army”)
- meginherað (“main district”)
- meginhúfr (“main hull of a ship”)
- meginhyggja (“wisdom”)
- meginhǫfn (“main harbour”)
- meginkátr (“mighty glad”)
- meginland (“mainland”)
- meginlauss (“powerless”)
- meginleikr (“main of a thing”)
- meginleysi (“weakness”)
- meginlið (“main body of the army”)
- meginligr (“important”)
- meginlítill (“weak”)
- meginljótr (“very hideous”)
- meginmeingjarn (“very mischievous”)
- meginmerki (“chief standard”)
- meginmildr (“very mild”)
- meginmǫrk (“main forest”)
- meginrás (“main course”)
- meginrúnar (“mighty runes”)
- meginstjarna (“main star”)
- meginstormr (“mighty gale”)
- megintíðendi (“mighty tidings”)
- megintírr (“great fame”)
- megintrygðir (“firm truce”)
- meginveðr (“mighty gale”)
- meginvel (“mighty well”)
- meginverk (“mighty feat”)
- meginþing (“great meeting”)
- meginþǫrf (“great need”)
- úmegin (“swoon”)
- vanmegin (“weakness”)
- vetrarmegin (“main part of winter”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: megin n
- Faroese: megin n
- Old Swedish: mæghin
- Swedish: mägen (obsolete)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: megje (obsolete)
References
- “megin”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- megin in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- megin in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Noun
megin n
- power
Declension
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Declension of
megin (neuter a-stem)
- meginfard
- meginfolk
- meginkraft
- meginstrengi
- meginsundia
- meginthioda
- meginthiof
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Celtic *makīnā, from the root *mak- (“leather bag”).
Noun
megin f (plural meginau)
- bellows
Mutation
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Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “megin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies