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landsmegin

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From land +‎ megin.

Noun

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landsmegin n (genitive landsmegins)

  1. the main power of the land (as to strength or area)

Declension

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Declension of landsmegin (strong a-stem, singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite definite
nominative landsmegin landsmeginit
accusative landsmegin landsmeginit
dative landsmegni, landsmagni landsmegninu, landsmagninu
genitive landsmegins landsmeginsins

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “landsmegin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive