MYKI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 MYKI

f. indecl., but an older form mykr (mykrin) occurs as a απ. λεγ., Hkr. i. 73, in the transcript of the vellum Kringia; but the Cod. Fris. (l. c.) has mykin, 37; a gen. mykjar is nowhere recorded; mod. mykja, u, f.: [Dan. mög; cp. Engl. midden = Dan. mödding = qs. myki-dyngja; cp. also Ulf. maihstus = κοπρία; A. S. meox; Scot. and North. E. muck; Germ. mist; akin to moka, q. v.]:—dung; en er mykin (mykrin v. l.) hafði fallit á ísinn, Hkr. (Cod. Fris.) 37; brenna skinn, bein, slátr ok myki (acc.), Stj. 319; ok sópaði yfir moldu ok myki, Hkr. i. 251; draga myki út, K. Þ. K. 100; reiða myki, Gþl. 354; hann drap at þeim myki (mykju Ed. from a paper MS.), Sd. 168.

2 MYKI

COMPDS: mykikvísl, mykireka, mykiskán, myksleði.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᚢᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
acc.: accusative.
Cod.: Codex.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
decl.: declined.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
Fris.: Frisian.
gen.: genitive.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
indecl.: indeclinable.
l.: Linnæus.
l. c.: loco citato.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
North. E.: Northern English.
p.: page.
q. v.: quod vide.
qs.: quasi.
S.: South, Southern.
Scot.: Scottish.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.
vellum: vellum.
απ. λεγ.: απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Works & Authors

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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MYKI

MYKI

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