mägtäs
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from magt (“power, influence”). Compare Danish mægte, Swedish mäkta, mäktas, Norwegian mekte, Icelandic mekta, mektast.
Verb
mägtäs (preterite mägtäsä, active mägt)
- (middle, intransitive, particle vä + object) To have the ability, strength, afford to.
- Mägtäs du vä häddänä? ― Are you able to handle that?
- ja mäktes int ve ne ― I cannot manage it
- (middle, intransitive, particle vä + object) To test one’s strength by wrestling and the like.
- Ji mägtäsä int vä’om ― I couldn’t handle him.
Synonyms
- (prevail): rå, mägt
- (wrestle): brȯtas
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Mägtäs”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 424