Meiðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - meiðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "meiðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
meiðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- meiðr
- (gen. -s or -ar), m.
- meiðr
- 1) longitudinal beam; sledge-runner (þá reif hann meiðinn undan sleðanum); fig., standa á önderverðan meið með e-m, to stand in the forefront as a champion, to support one; mjök þótti mönnum á einn meið hallast með heim, it went all on one side with them;
- meiðr
- 2) pole, log; telgja meið til rifjar, to cut a log into a loom-beam;
- meiðr
- 3) tree (hrafn sat á hám meiði);
- meiðr
- 4) gallows-tree (veit ek, at ek hekk vindga meiði á).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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