mækir

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

mækir m (genitive mækis)

1. (poetic, heiti) sword

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

Declension

Declension of mækir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	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