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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.
Pronunciation
Noun
megin n (genitive singular megins, uncountable)
- (rare) strength, power, ability
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.
Pronunciation
Noun
megin n (genitive singular megins, no plural)
- strength, power, ability
- the main part, greater part
Declension
Adverb
megin
- used after qualifiers to mean "on X side"; often followed by a prepositional phrase
Risaeðlurnar voru hinum megin í Vetrarbrautinni.- The dinosaurs were on the other side of the Milky Way.
Ég segi honum að setjast í framsætið og hann reynir undir eins að fara inn bílstjóramegin.- I tell him to sit in the front, and he immediately tries to get in on the driver's side.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power”). Cognate with Old English mæġen, Old Saxon megin, Old High German megin, magan.
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ̃ɡɪ̃n/
Noun
megin n (genitive megins)
- (singular only) might, power, strength
- 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:
- máni þat né vissi / hvat hann megins átti,
- moon yet knew not / what its might was,
- (singular only, especially in compounds) the main, chief part of a thing
- Upphaf Rikis Haralds Harfagra 5, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 184:
- allan Þrándheim ok allt megin landsins,
- the whole Trondheim and all the mainland,
Declension
Declension of megin (strong a-stem, singular only)
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References
- “megin”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- megin in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- megin in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power”). Cognate with Old English mæġen, Old Norse megin, Old High German megin, magan.
Noun
megin n
- power
Declension
Declension of megin (neuter a-stem)
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References
Welsh
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Celtic *makīnā, from the root *mak- (“leather bag”).
Pronunciation
Noun
megin f (plural meginau)
- bellows
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “megin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies