FromOld Norsemikill, fromProto-Germanic*mikilaz, fromProto-Indo-European*meǵh₂-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪːcɪtɬ]

  Rhymes:-ɪːcɪtɬ

mikill (comparativemeirior(when functioning as a noun)meiru,superlativemestur)

1. large inquantity ornumber
2. much
3. great

   Alexandermikli.

   Alexander theGreat.

• mykill

FromProto-Germanic*mikilaz(“great, many”), fromProto-Indo-European*meǵh₂-(“big, great”). Cognate withOld Englishmiċel,Old Saxonmikil,Old Dutchmikil,Old High Germanmihhil,Gothic𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃(mikils).

mikill (comparativemeiri,superlativemestr)

1. great,tall ofstature
2. great,large, inbulk orsize

   áin var mikil ―the river was swollen

3. (of quantity)much
4. prominent

This word seems to have a suppletive inflection, using another root in thecomparative andsuperlative forms, than in thepositive form (albeit one inherited from earlierProto-Germanic). Note also the otherwise irregularnn-ending in the accusative singular masculine form (mikinn), as well as thet-ending in the nominative and accusative singular neuter forms (mikit).

• Icelandic:mikill
• Faroese:mikil
• Norn:mikkel,mukkel
• Norwegian Nynorsk:mykjen,myken(-n from acc.mikinn)
• Elfdalian:mitjin
• Old Swedish:mykil,mykin
  • Swedish:mycken(archaic)
• Old Danish:mikin
  • Danish:megen
    • Norwegian Bokmål:megen
• ⇒ Old Norse:mikit n
  • Icelandic:mikið
  • Faroese:mikið
  • Norwegian Nynorsk:mykje,myket;(dialectal)mykji,mikje
  • Norwegian Bokmål:mye
  • Old Swedish:mykit
    • Swedish:mycket n
  • Old Danish:mikit n
    • Danish:meget
      • Norwegian Bokmål:meget

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mikill”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “meiri”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mestr”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

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