megn

megn
I)
n. strength, = megin, máttr (hann hafði fjogurra manna m.); um m. e-m, beyond one’s strength; þetta mál er nökkut þér um m. með at fara, is rather too much for you.
II)
a. strong, mighty (megnt mannfall); með megnu hugskoti, with a strong mind.
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1.
n. = megin, a contr. form, strength; likams megn, Bs. i. 317; megn ok frækleik, Fms. x. 256; hann hafði fjögurra manna megn, Háv. 54; af Guðs megni ok af krapti ens helga kross, Fms. x. 417; treysta á mátt ok megn = mátt ok megin, Or. 24; deila megn við e-n, to contend with, Lil. 8; var í því mest megn, it went to the highest pitch at Yule time, Bs. ii. 21: the phrase, um megn, beyond one’s strength, power; kasta steini um megn sér. Eg. 473; þetta mál er nokkut þér um megn með at fara, Fms. vi. 18; þat ráð mun þér verða um megn, 151; Guði er ekki um megn at reisa hann upp af dauða, Stj. 132; yfir megn, id., Bs. ii. 162, 175.
COMPDS: megnlauss, megnlítill.
2.
adj. main, strong, mighty; var þá megnt mannfall, Sturl. iii. 63; svá var megn þessi rógburðr, at …, Fas. ii. 372; með megnu hugskoti, with a strong mind, forti animo, Bs. i. 11.
2. freq. in mod. usage in the sense bitter, fierce; and of taste, strong, bitter: of a quarrel, megn deila, megnt hatr: of illness, megn sótt, a strong fever; megn kvöl, the bitter pang, Pass. 41. 9: of a gale, megn stormr, megn hríð, megnt kafald: of taste, það er megnt, has a hot taste, of acid or the like: of smell, megn lykt: of hay, megnt hey: of food, megn matr, strong meat for the sick.

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