mestr

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton maestr, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister

Noun

mestr m (plural mestroù or mistr or mistri)

1. master

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mestre

Verb

mestr

1. imperative of mestre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maistaz, superlative form of *mikilaz (“great, large, many”).

Adjective

mestr

1. superlative degree of mikill
2. most
3. largest

Declension

    Strong declension of superlative of mestr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mestr	mest	mest
accusative	mestan	mesta	mest
dative	mestum	mestri	mestu
genitive	mests	mestrar	mests
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mestir	mestar	mest
accusative	mesta	mestar	mest
dative	mestum	mestum	mestum
genitive	mestra	mestra	mestra

    Weak declension of superlative of mestr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mesti	mesta	mesta
accusative	mesta	mestu	mesta
dative	mesta	mestu	mesta
genitive	mesta	mestu	mesta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mestu	mestu	mestu
accusative	mestu	mestu	mestu
dative	mestum	mestum	mestum
genitive	mestu	mestu	mestu

Descendants

• Icelandic: mestur
• Faroese: mestur
• Old Swedish: mæster
  • Swedish: mest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mest (obsolete or dialectal)

References

• “mestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press