miht

Old English

Alternative forms

maht, meaht, mæht, meht, mieht, myht

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, *mógʰtis, corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Cognate with Old Frisian macht, mecht (West Frisian macht), Middle Dutch macht (Dutch macht), Old High German maht (German Macht), Old Norse máttr (Icelandic máttur), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miçt/

Noun

miht f

power, ability
strength, power

Declension

Declension of miht (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	miht	mihte, mihta
accusative	miht, mihte	mihte, mihta
genitive	mihte	mihta
dative	mihte	mihtum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: myght, maught, myghte, might
- Scots: maucht, micht
- English: might

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