mikill

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɪːcɪtɬ] Rhymes: -ɪːcɪtɬ === Adjective === mikill (comparative meiri or (when functioning as a noun) meiru, superlative mestur) large in quantity or number much great ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === mykill === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognate with Old English miċel, Old Saxon mikil, Old Dutch mikil, Old High German mihhil, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils). === Adjective === mikill (comparative meiri, superlative mestr) great, tall of stature great, large, in bulk or size áin var mikil ― the river was swollen (of quantity) much prominent ==== Inflection ==== This word seems to have a suppletive inflection, using another root in the comparative and superlative forms, than in the positive form (albeit one inherited from earlier Proto-Germanic). Note also the otherwise irregular nn-ending in the accusative singular masculine form (mikinn), as well as the t-ending in the nominative and accusative singular neuter forms (mikit). ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: mikill Faroese: mikil Norn: mikkel, mukkel Norwegian Nynorsk: mykjen, myken (-n from acc. mikinn) Elfdalian: mitjin Old Swedish: mykil, mykin Swedish: mycken (archaic) Old Danish: mikin Danish: megen Norwegian Bokmål: megen ⇒ Old Norse: mikit nIcelandic: mikiðFaroese: mikiðNorwegian Nynorsk: mykje, myket; (dialectal) mykji, mikjeNorwegian Bokmål: myeOld Swedish: mykitSwedish: mycket nOld Danish: mikit nDanish: megetNorwegian Bokmål: meget === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mikill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “meiri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mestr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive