mjǫk in Old Norse

Forms: meirr [comparative], mest [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "mjög"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: mjög",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mjög"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "miok",
            "3": "myok"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: miok, myok",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: miok, myok"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mekō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "big, great"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meǵh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "great"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meirr",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mjǫk",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meirr",
        "2": "mest"
      },
      "expansion": "mjǫk (comparative meirr, superlative mest)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "great",
      "word": "mikill"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "much, very"
      ],
      "id": "en-mjǫk-non-adv-7K44RPkH",
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost, nearly"
      ],
      "id": "en-mjǫk-non-adv-5xSg1DOT",
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mjǫk"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse adverbs",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse suppletive adverbs",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "mjög"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: mjög",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mjög"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "miok",
            "3": "myok"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: miok, myok",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: miok, myok"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mekō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "big, great"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meǵh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "great"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meirr",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mjǫk",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meirr",
        "2": "mest"
      },
      "expansion": "mjǫk (comparative meirr, superlative mest)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "great",
      "word": "mikill"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "much, very"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost, nearly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mjǫk"
}

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"mjǫk" meaning in Old Norse

Adverb