Miða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - miða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "miða" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

miða
(að), v. to take note, mark (E. hafði glöggt miðat á um kveldit, hvar konungrinn hvíldi); m. við e-t, to mark a distance or place by another object (hlað hér vörðu, ok miða svá við þar sem eldrinn brennr).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
m.
masculine.

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