Myki

Old Norse Dictionary - myki

Meaning of Old Norse word "myki"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word myki can mean:myki

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.
myki
COMPDS: mykikvísl, mykireka, mykiskán, myksleði.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Cod.
Codex.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
decl.
declined.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Fris.
Frisian.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
indecl.
indeclinable.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.
qs.
quasi.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
Scot.
Scottish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

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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