mekeness

n.

WA meknesmekenes

‘meekness, humility’

(Modern English meekness)

Etymology

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

Attestation

Common and widespread from early ME.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Pe 406; Pat 15, 32; WA 3286

Bibliography

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-