"mjǫk" meaning in Old Norse

See mjǫk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: meirr [comparative], mest [superlative]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*mekō||big, great}} Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*meǵh₂-||great}} Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”) Head templates: {{head|non|adverbs|head=}} mjǫk, {{non-adv|meirr|mest}} mjǫk (comparative meirr, superlative mest)
  1. much, very; pretty, quite, rather
    Sense id: en-mjǫk-non-adv-oZCHy9zJ
  2. almost, nearly
    Sense id: en-mjǫk-non-adv-5xSg1DOT Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: miǫk, ᛘᛁᚢᚴ (miuk), ᛘᚢᚴ (muk) Related terms: mikill (english: great)
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            "1": "is",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mjög"
    },
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mest",
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        [
          "very",
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        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
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        [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "english": "now the poem is almost finished",
          "text": "nú er kvæðit mjǫk ort",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he was almost frozen to death",
          "text": "hann var dauðr mjǫk af kulda",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "miuk",
      "word": "ᛘᛁᚢᚴ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "muk",
      "word": "ᛘᚢᚴ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mjǫk"
}
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    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "mest",
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      "english": "great",
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  ],
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        "much, very; pretty, quite, rather"
      ],
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        [
          "very",
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        ],
        [
          "pretty",
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        [
          "quite",
          "quite"
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          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
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          "english": "now the poem is almost finished",
          "text": "nú er kvæðit mjǫk ort",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he was almost frozen to death",
          "text": "hann var dauðr mjǫk af kulda",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "almost, nearly"
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    {
      "word": "miǫk"
    },
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      "roman": "miuk",
      "word": "ᛘᛁᚢᚴ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muk",
      "word": "ᛘᚢᚴ"
    }
  ],
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}

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