Mekt
Old Norse Dictionary - mekt
Meaning of Old Norse word "mekt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mekt
- t. [a for. word, from Germ. macht], might, Stj. 143; ef ek skal dæmdr af Danskri slekt, ok deyja svo fyrir kongsins mekt, Jón Arason: pomp, Fms. xi. 424.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚴᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- for.
- foreign.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)