n.
WA meknes, mekenes
‘meekness, humility’
(Modern English meekness)A native formation on meke (adj.).
PGmc Ancestor
*meuk-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’
(ONP mjúkr (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far mjúkr, Icel mjúkr, Norw mjuk, Dan myg, Sw mjuk
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B1
Common and widespread from early ME.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Pe 406; Pat 15, 32; WA 3286
MED mẹ̄knesse (n.)[ http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED27234&egs=all&egdisplay=open], OED3 meekness (n.)[ http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/115837?redirectedFrom=meekness&], HTOED , Dance mekely, Bj. 217, de Vries mjúkr, Mag. mjúkur (2), Heid. meuka-, Kroonen *meuka- ~ *mūka-