mygla

From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪkla/
• Rhymes: -ɪkla

1=weak
2=myglaði
3=myglað

mygla

1. (intransitive) to mildew, to mould, to grow mouldy, to grow muggy or musty, to moulder

   Allur maturinn myglaði á meðan við vorum í fríi.

   All the food grew mouldy while we were on holiday.

• myglaður

From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *mugiljǭ. Compare Swedish mögel n, Norwegian Nynorsk mygle f, Trøndelag Norwegian møggel n and Gudbrandsdal Norwegian myngle f.

mygla f (genitive singular myglu, no plural)

1. mould, mildew

• mygluskán (“layer of mould”)
• myglusveppur (“mould, fungus”)

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *(s)muk- (“slipperiness, wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”), see also Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).

mygla

1. to grow mouldy or musty

• Icelandic: mygla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mygla
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: mygle
• Swedish: mögla
• → Middle English: mowlen, moule, moulen, mowle, mowlyn, muwlen, muhelin
  • Scots: moul

From Proto-Germanic *mugiljǭ.

mygla f (genitive myglu)

1. mouldiness, mustiness

• Icelandic: mygla

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mygla1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mygla2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Uncertain. Attested since 1963. Likely from a Norrlandic dialectal word related to mögla (“to become moldy”).

mygla (present myglar, preterite myglade, supine myglat, imperative mygla)

1. to wangle, to finagle (engage in (minor) deception, dishonesty, or bad faith tactics to get what one wants)

• mygel
• myglare

• mygla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mygla in Svensk ordbok (SO)