megin

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmeːjɪn/ Rhymes: -eːjɪn === Noun === megin n (genitive singular megins, uncountable) (rare) strength, power, ability ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== megi f or n máttur m ==== Derived terms ==== megin- == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmeiːjɪn/ Rhymes: -eiːjɪn === Noun === megin n (genitive singular megins, no plural) strength, power, ability the main part, greater part ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === megin used after qualifiers to mean "on X side"; often followed by a prepositional phrase == 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) (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, […] (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 ==== ==== Synonyms ==== máttr ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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 power ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “mėgin”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 5th edition == 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 === (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɛɡɪn/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /meːɡɪn/, /mɛɡɪn/ === Noun === megin f (plural meginau) bellows (informal) lungs Synonym: ysgyfaint ==== Derived terms ==== megino === Mutation === === 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