Miðmundi
Old Icelandic Dictionary - miðmundiMeaning 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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