mye

From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs).

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mye f (plural myes)

1. Mya (taxonomic genre of mollusks)

• “mye”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

mye

1. The katakana syllable ミェ (mye) in Hepburn-like romanization.

From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill (“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål and Danish meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much.

• IPA^(key): /²myːə/

mye (indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)

1. Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, "small", "little")

   Kom an, det er mye arbeid som må gjøres.

   Come on, there's a lot of work to do.

   Det finnes mye rart i byen.

   There are a lot of strange things in the city.

   Ble det for mye for deg? = was it too much for you?

2. Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal

   Mye kunne vært gjort annerledes i denne saken

   Much could have been done differently in this case.

3. much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb)

   Faren min er mye sterkere enn din.

   My dad is much stronger than yours.

   Det huset er mye st��rre enn jeg hadde trodd.

   That house is much bigger than I had expected.

4. (as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot

   Jogger du mye i fritida?

   Do you jog much in your spare time?

   Han drikker mye.

   He drinks a lot.

• å være mye syk = to often be ill
  • han er mye syk. = he is often ill.

• atskillig, bråtevis, en (god, hel, stor) del, en masse, fullt av, haugevis, mangt, massevis (av), mengdevis, plenty, rikelig (av, med)

• “mye” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “mye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• J.Fritnzer's dictionary.

• mygje (alternative spelling)

From Old Norse mykit, from mikit, neuter of mikill.

• IPA^(key): /²myːə/

mye

1. (pre-2012 or dialectal) alternative form of mykje

• mey, mai, maa, ma
• meigh

From Middle English mayen, from Old English magan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan.

• IPA^(key): /miː/
• Homophone: mee

mye

1. may
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:

     Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.

     May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:

     At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.

     That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 104:

     Mizluck mye lhygt on Tam Busheare;

     Bad luck may light on Tom Busheare;

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     Lhaung mye thye live in prosperitee;

     Long may they live in prosperity;

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:

     At skelpearès an slaugheardhès mye leeigh aar oer vill.

     That the piglings and pigs may laugh their overfill.

• mai't (“may it”)

• mought (“might”)

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58