Miðla
Old Icelandic Dictionary - miðlaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "miðla" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
miðla Old Icelandic word can mean:
- miðla
- (að), v.
- miðla
- 1) to share; m. e-m e-t or m. e-t við e-n, to share with another (Gunnar ~ði mörgum mönnum hey ok mat); skal ek eigi m. ríkit, I shall not share the realm; m. spor sín, to make a step, move (stöndum fast ok miðlum ekki spor vár);
- miðla
- 2) to mediate; m. mál or málum, to make a compromise;
- miðla
- 3) refl., ~st e-t við, to share with one another; m. mál við, to make a compromise.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚦᛚᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- m.
- masculine.
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