mækir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚲᛁᛃᚨ (makija /⁠mākija⁠/) (accusative singular), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Noun

mækir m (genitive mækis)

  1. (poetic, heiti) sword
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

Declension

Declension of mækir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mækir mækirinn mækar mækarnir
accusative mæki mækinn mæka mækana
dative mæki mækinum mækum mækunum
genitive mækis mækisins mæka mækanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mækir
  • Faroese: mæki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mækje; (dialectal) mækjer
  • → Middle English: meeke
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