Mekt

Old Norse Dictionary - mekt

Meaning of Old Norse word "mekt" in English.

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

mekt
t. [a for. word, from Germ. macht], might, Stj. 143; ef ek skal dæmdr af Danskri slekt, ok deyja svo fyrir kongsins mekt, Jón Arason: pomp, Fms. xi. 424.

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

Abbreviations used:

for.
foreign.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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