Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mestre

Verb

mestr

1. imperative of mestre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maistaz, superlative form of *mikilaz ‎(“great, large, many”). Cognate with Old English māst, mǣst, Old Frisian māsta, Old Saxon mēst, Old Dutch meist, Old High German meist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 ‎(maists).

Adjective

mestr

1. superlative degree of mikill
2. most
3. largest

Declension

Descendants

References

• mestr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press