mækir

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

mækir m (genitive mækis)

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

Declension

Declension of mækir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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

mækis egg (“sword's edge”, poetic formula)

Descendants

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

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