mygla

See also: mygła

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪkla/
• Rhymes: -ɪkla

Verb

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mygla

1. (intransitive) to mildew, to mould, to grow mouldy, to grow muggy or musty, to moulder

   Allur maturinn myglaði á meðan við vorum í fríi.

   All the food grew mouldy while we were on holiday.

Conjugation

mygla – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að mygla
supine sagnbót		myglað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		myglandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	mygla	myglaði		mygli	myglaði
	þú	myglar	myglaðir		myglir	myglaðir
	hann, hún, það	myglar	myglaði		mygli	myglaði
plural	við	myglum	mygluðum		myglum	mygluðum
	þið	myglið	mygluðuð		myglið	mygluðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	mygla	mygluðu		mygli	mygluðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	mygla (þú), myglaðu
plural	þið	myglið (þið), mygliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

myglaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	myglaður	mygluð	myglað	myglaðir	myglaðar	mygluð
accusative (þolfall)	myglaðan	myglaða	myglað	myglaða	myglaðar	mygluð
dative (þágufall)	mygluðum	myglaðri	mygluðu	mygluðum	mygluðum	mygluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	myglaðs	myglaðrar	myglaðs	myglaðra	myglaðra	myglaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	myglaði	myglaða	myglaða	mygluðu	mygluðu	mygluðu
accusative (þolfall)	myglaða	mygluðu	myglaða	mygluðu	mygluðu	mygluðu
dative (þágufall)	myglaða	mygluðu	myglaða	mygluðu	mygluðu	mygluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	myglaða	mygluðu	myglaða	mygluðu	mygluðu	mygluðu

Derived terms

• myglaður

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *mugiljǭ. Compare Swedish mögel n, Norwegian Nynorsk mygle f, Trøndelag Norwegian møggel n and Gudbrandsdal Norwegian myngle f.

Noun

mygla f (genitive singular myglu, no plural)

1. mould, mildew

Declension

Declension of mygla (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mygla	myglan
accusative	myglu	mygluna
dative	myglu	myglunni
genitive	myglu	myglunnar

Derived terms

• mygluskán (“layer of mould”)
• myglusveppur (“mould, fungus”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *(s)muk- (“slipperiness, wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”), see also Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).

Verb

mygla

1. to grow mouldy or musty

Conjugation

Conjugation of mygla — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	mygla
present participle	myglandi
past participle	myglaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	mygla	myglaða		mygla	myglaða
2nd person singular	myglar	myglaðir		myglir	myglaðir
3rd person singular	myglar	myglaði		mygli	myglaði
1st person plural	myglum	mygluðum		myglim	myglaðim
2nd person plural	myglið	mygluðuð		myglið	myglaðið
3rd person plural	mygla	mygluðu		mygli	myglaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	mygla
1st person plural	myglum
2nd person plural	myglið

Descendants

• Icelandic: mygla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mygla
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: mygle
• Swedish: mögla
• → Middle English: mowlen, moule, moulen, mowle, mowlyn, muhelin, muwlen (Early Middle English)
  • Scots: moul

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mugiljǭ.

Noun

mygla f (genitive myglu)

1. mouldiness, mustiness

Declension

Declension of mygla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mygla	myglan	myglur	myglurnar
accusative	myglu	mygluna	myglur	myglurnar
dative	myglu	myglunni	myglum	myglunum
genitive	myglu	myglunnar	myglna	myglnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: mygla

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mygla1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mygla2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

Uncertain. Attested since 1963. Likely from a Norrlandic dialectal word related to mögla (“to become moldy”).

Verb

mygla (present myglar, preterite myglade, supine myglat, imperative mygla)

1. to wangle, to finagle (engage in (minor) deception, dishonesty, or bad faith tactics to get what one wants)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mygla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	mygla		myglas
supine	myglat		myglats
imperative	mygla		—
imper. plural1	myglen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	myglar	myglade	myglas	myglades
ind. plural1	mygla	myglade	myglas	myglades
subjunctive2	mygle	myglade	mygles	myglades
present participle		myglande
past participle		myglad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• mygel
• myglare

References

• mygla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mygla in Svensk ordbok (SO)