Miðmundi

Old Icelandic Dictionary - miðmundi

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "miðmundi" in English.

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

miðmundi Old Icelandic word can mean:

miðmundi
m.
miðmundi
1) the middle between two places; þá er Skoðborgará á miðmunda, the river S. is midway; with gen., þá er sól er miðmunda norðrs ok landnorðrs, when the sun is midway between north and north-east;
miðmundi
2) = miðmundaskeið (fyrir miðmunda hófst orrostan, en konungr féll fyrir nón);
miðmundi
3) moment, weight, importance; allir þeir, er þar höfðu verit ok nökkurr ~ var at, and were of any note.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚦᛘᚢᚾᛏᛁ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.

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