Meglegård
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Meglegaard (alternative spelling)
- Maglegård, Miklegård, Miklagård, Mycklegaard
Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr, from mikill (“big, great”) + garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”. Compare megen and gård, -gård. Doublet of Maglegård.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meglegård (historical)
- Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
- 1918, C. F. Bricka, “Christian Barnekov”, in Den danske Adel i det 16de og 17de Aarhundrede, page 8:
- Saaledis er denne vnge Juncker da kommen til skibs fra Venedig til Græckeland, Moream, Corinthum, Athen oc i Arcipelago til Thracien oc Constantinopel, som voris gamle folck kalte fordom Meglegaard, oc i Tyrcki, samt nogle andre ypperlige Personer, som vaare der i selskab met, bode her aff Riget oc anden steds fra, ved stor bekostning oc fare.
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