Faroese

Noun

megin n (genitive singular megins, uncountable)

1. (rare) strength, power, ability

Declension

Derived terms

• megin-

Synonyms

• megi f, n
• máttur m

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeiːjɪn/

  Rhymes: -eiːjɪn

Noun

megin n ‎(genitive singular megins, no plural)

1. strength, power, ability
2. the main part, greater part

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maginą ‎(“might, power”). Cognate with Old English mæġen, Old Saxon megin, Old High German megin, magan.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡin/

Noun

megin n (genitive megins)

1. (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, […]

2. (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

Synonyms

• máttr

Derived terms

Descendants

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.