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Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton maestr, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister
Noun
mestr m (plural mestroù or mistr or mistri)
- master
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
mestr
- imperative of mestre
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maistaz, superlative form of *mikilaz (“great, large, many”).
Adjective
mestr
- superlative degree of mikill
- most
- largest
Declension
Strong declension of superlative of mestr
Weak declension of superlative of mestr
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mestr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive