mjǫt – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of mjǫt

Noun: mjǫt
Gender: n

Nominative

Pl. Indef.mjǫt
Pl. Def.mjǫtin

Genitive

Pl. Indef.mjǫta
Pl. Def.mjǫtanna

Dative

Pl. Indef.mjǫtum
Pl. Def.mjǫtunum

Accusative

Pl. Indef.mjǫt
Pl. Def.mjǫtin

Sample Sentences

  • Kann ek mæla miöt / Of manna ſiöt. […] (Know I the right measure of words / In front of the audience. […]) [Höfuðlausn, verse 19, lines 3-4, in 1838, Grønlands Historiske Mindesmærker, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 454]

Nouns inflected like mjǫt

systkin, þrøngsl, tól, jól, mjǫt,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *metą (“measure”). Cognate with Old English met, Old Saxon met, Old High German mez. See: Old English Nouns 'met'.

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