Noun: megin
Gender: n
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | megin |
| Sg. Def. | megnit |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | megins |
| Sg. Def. | meginsins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | megni; magni |
| Sg. Def. | megninu; magninu |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | megin |
| Sg. Def. | megnit |
Sample Sentences
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[…] máni þat né vissi / hvat hann megins átti, […] ([…] moon yet knew not / what its might was, […]) [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]
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[…] allan Þrándheim ok allt megin landsins, […] ([…] the whole Trondheim and all the mainland, […]) [Upphaf Rikis Haralds Harfagra 5, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 184]
Nouns inflected like megin
megin,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power”). Cognate with Old English mæġen, Old Saxon megin, Old High German megin, magan. See: Old English Nouns '
mæġen'.
Verbs referencing "megin"
Faroese Nouns
megin, Icelandic Nouns
megin.
Translations