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.)