# megin
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeːjɪn/
    Rhymes: -eːjɪn

### Noun

megin n (genitive singular megins, uncountable)
* (rare) strength, power, ability

#### Synonyms

* megi f or n
* máttur m

#### Derived terms

* megin-

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse megin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeiːjɪn/
    Rhymes: -eiːjɪn

### Noun

megin n (genitive singular megins, no plural)
* strength, power, ability
* the main part, greater part

#### Declension
### Adverb

megin
* used after qualifiers to mean "on X side"; often followed by a prepositional phrase
    Risaeðlurnar voru hinum megin í Vetrarbrautinni.The dinosaurs were on the other side of the Milky Way.
    Ég segi honum að setjast í framsætið og hann reynir undir eins að fara inn bílstjóramegin.I tell him to sit in the front, and he immediately tries to get in on the driver's side.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power”). Cognate with Old English mæġen, Old Saxon megin, Old High German megin, magan.

### Pronunciation

* (12th century Icelandic) IPA: /ˈmɛ̃ɣɪ̃n/

### Noun

megin n (genitive megins)
* (singular only) might, power, strength
** Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
    […] máni þat né vissi / hvat hann megins átti, […]
    […] moon yet knew not / what its might was, […]
* (singular only, especially in compounds) the main, chief part of a thing
** Upphaf Rikis Haralds Harfagra 5, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 184:
    […] allan Þrándheim ok allt megin landsins, […]
    […] the whole Trondheim and all the mainland, […]

#### Synonyms

* máttr

#### Derived terms

* hafsmegin (“theopen sea”)
* jarðarmegin (“the wide earth”)
* landsmegin (“mainland”)
* meginafl (“main strength”)
* meginborg (“main castle”)
* meginbygð (“main district”)
* megindróttning (“the Virgin Mary”)
* megindómar (“great events”)
* megindýrr (“dearly beloved”)
* meginfjall (“great mountain”)
* meginfjarri (“very far off”)
* meginfjǫldi (“vast multitude”)
* meginflokkr (“main body”)
* meginflótti (“main body of a host”)
* megingjǫrð (“girdle of power”)
* megingrimmr (“very fierce”)
* megingóðr (“mighty good”)
* megingóðvætliga (“very kindly”)
* meginhaf (“ocean”)
* meginherað (“main district”)
* meginherr (“main army”)
* meginhyggja (“wisdom”)
* meginhúfr (“main hull of a ship”)
* meginhǫfn (“main harbour”)
* meginkátr (“mighty glad”)
* meginland (“mainland”)
* meginlauss (“powerless”)
* meginleikr (“main of a thing”)
* meginleysi (“weakness”)
* meginligr (“important”)
* meginlið (“main body of the army”)
* meginljótr (“very hideous”)
* meginlítill (“weak”)
* meginmeingjarn (“very mischievous”)
* meginmerki (“chief standard”)
* meginmildr (“very mild”)
* meginmǫrk (“main forest”)
* meginrás (“main course”)
* meginrúnar (“mighty runes”)
* meginstjarna (“main star”)
* meginstormr (“mighty gale”)
* megintrygðir (“firm truce”)
* megintírr (“great fame”)
* megintíðendi (“mighty tidings”)
* meginvel (“mighty well”)
* meginverk (“mighty feat”)
* meginveðr (“mighty gale”)
* meginá (“main river”)
* megináss (“Odin”)
* meginþing (“great meeting”)
* meginþǫrf (“great need”)
* vanmegin (“weakness”)
* vetrarmegin (“main part of winter”)
* úmegin (“swoon”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: megin n
* Faroese: megin n
* Old Swedish: mæghin
** Swedish: mägen (obsolete)
* Old Danish: mæghæn
** Norwegian Nynorsk: megje (obsolete)

### Further reading

* Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “megin”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 421
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “megin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 292; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/292 Internet Archive]

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power”). Cognate with Old English mæġen, Old Norse megin, Old High German megin, magan.

### Noun

megin n
* power

#### Related terms

* meginfard
* meginfolk
* meginkraft
* meginstrengi
* meginsundia
* meginthioda
* meginthiof

### References

* "mėgin" in Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Welsh
### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *makīnā, from the root *mak- (“leather bag”). See Proto-Germanic *magô (“stomach”) for more discussion on the root and cognates.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /mɛɡɪn/
* (South Wales) IPA: /meːɡɪn/, /mɛɡɪn/

### Noun

megin f (plural meginau)
* bellows

#### Derived terms

* megino

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “megin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies