megin

See also: megin-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːjɪn/
    Rhymes: -eːjɪn

Noun

megin n (genitive singular megins, uncountable)

  1. (rare) strength, power, ability

Declension

n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative megin meginið
accusative megin meginið
dative megini megininum
genitive megins meginsins

Synonyms

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeiːjɪn/
    Rhymes: -eiːjɪn

Noun

megin n (genitive singular megins, no plural)

  1. strength, power, ability
  2. the main part, greater part

Declension

Declension of megin (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative megin megnið
accusative megin megnið
dative megni megninu
genitive megins meginsins

Adverb

megin

  1. 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): /ˈmɛ̃ɣɪ̃n/

Noun

megin n (genitive megins)

  1. (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, […]
  2. (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)
neuter singular
indefinite definite
nominative megin megnit
accusative megin megnit
dative megni, magni megninu, magninu
genitive megins meginsins

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • hafsmegin (“theopen sea”)
  • jarðarmegin (“the wide earth”)
  • landsmegin (“mainland”)
  • meginafl (“main strength”)
  • meginborg (“main castle”)
  • meginbygð (“main district”)
  • megindróttning (“the Virgin Mary”)
  • megindómar (“great events”)
  • megindýrr (“dearly beloved”)
  • meginfjall (“great mountain”)
  • meginfjarri (“very far off”)
  • meginfjǫldi (“vast multitude”)
  • meginflokkr (“main body”)
  • meginflótti (“main body of a host”)
  • megingjǫrð (“girdle of power”)
  • megingrimmr (“very fierce”)
  • megingóðr (“mighty good”)
  • megingóðvætliga (“very kindly”)
  • meginhaf (“ocean”)
  • meginherað (“main district”)
  • meginherr (“main army”)
  • meginhyggja (“wisdom”)
  • meginhúfr (“main hull of a ship”)
  • meginhǫfn (“main harbour”)
  • meginkátr (“mighty glad”)
  • meginland (“mainland”)
  • meginlauss (“powerless”)
  • meginleikr (“main of a thing”)
  • meginleysi (“weakness”)
  • meginligr (“important”)
  • meginlið (“main body of the army”)
  • meginljótr (“very hideous”)
  • meginlítill (“weak”)
  • meginmeingjarn (“very mischievous”)
  • meginmerki (“chief standard”)
  • meginmildr (“very mild”)
  • meginmǫrk (“main forest”)
  • meginrás (“main course”)
  • meginrúnar (“mighty runes”)
  • meginstjarna (“main star”)
  • meginstormr (“mighty gale”)
  • megintrygðir (“firm truce”)
  • megintírr (“great fame”)
  • megintíðendi (“mighty tidings”)
  • meginvel (“mighty well”)
  • meginverk (“mighty feat”)
  • meginveðr (“mighty gale”)
  • meginá (“main river”)
  • megináss (“Odin”)
  • meginþing (“great meeting”)
  • meginþǫrf (“great need”)
  • vanmegin (“weakness”)
  • vetrarmegin (“main part of winter”)
  • úmegin (“swoon”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: megin n
  • Faroese: megin n
  • Old Swedish: mæghin
  • Old Danish: mæghæn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: megje (obsolete)

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “megin”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 421
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “megin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 292; also available at the 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

  1. power

Declension

megin (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative megin megin
accusative megin megin
genitive megines meginō
dative megine meginun
instrumental — —
  • meginfard
  • meginfolk
  • meginkraft
  • meginstrengi
  • meginsundia
  • meginthioda
  • meginthiof

References

Welsh

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *makīnā, from the root *mak- (“leather bag”). See Proto-Germanic *magô (“stomach”) for more discussion on the root and cognates.

Pronunciation

Noun

megin f (plural meginau)

  1. bellows
  2. (informal) lungs
    Synonym: ysgyfaint

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of megin
radical soft nasal aspirate
megin fegin unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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