Miðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - miðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "miðr" in English.

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

miðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

miðr
I)
miðr
(mið, mitt), a. middle, lying in the middle; nær miðri veröldinni, near the middle of the world; G. leggr í móti atgeirinum ok kom á hann miðjan, and struck him in the middle; áin var opin um mitt, in the middle; mið nótt, midnight (þá var mið nótt); m. dagr, midday (þat var nær miðjum degi, er þeir fundust); m. aptann, six o’clock p. m.; m. morginn, six o’clock a. m.; at miðjum vetri, um miðjan vetr, at midwinter; mitt sumar, midsummer; miðrar brautar, in the middle of the road.
miðr
II)
miðr
adv. = minnr, less.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
adv.
adverb.

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