mækir

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚲᛁᛃᚨ (makija /⁠mākija⁠/) (accusative singular), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Noun

mækir m (genitive mækis)

  1. (poetic, heiti) sword
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

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  • Icelandic: mækir
  • Faroese: mæki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mækje; (dialectal) mækjer
  • Middle English: meeke