mjǫk

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • miǫk, ᛘᛁᚢᚴ (miuk), ᛘᚢᚴ (muk)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”).[1]

Adverb

mjǫk (comparative meirr, superlative mest)

  1. much, very; pretty, quite, rather
  2. almost, nearly
    nú er kvæðit mjǫk ort
    now the poem is almost finished
    hann var dauðr mjǫk af kulda
    he was almost frozen to death

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mjög
  • Old Swedish: miok, myok, miök-

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mekuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 265-6

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mjök”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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