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Old Norse
Etymology
From mækir + egg. Has parallels in Old English mǣċes eċġ and Old Saxon mākies eggia, possibly stemming from a Proto-Germanic *mēkijas agjō.
Noun
mækis egg f
- (poetic, poetic formula) "sword's edge"
- Hlǫðskviða, verse 20:
Mey veit ek Heiðreks, / fyr mækis eggjum,
systur þína, / svigna til jarðar;
hafa Húnar / hana fellda
ok marga aðra / yðra þegna.- I know that Heiðrekr's daughter, by sword's edge, your sister, has fallen to the ground. The Huns have felled her, and many others of your thanes.