Mold
Old Icelandic Dictionary - moldMeaning of Old Icelandic word "mold" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
mold Old Icelandic word can mean:
- mold
- (dat. moldu), f.
- mold
- 1) mould, earth (hlóðu síðan at grjóti ok jósu at moldu);
- mold
- 2) earth, the ground; fyrir m. ofan, above earth, alive; fyrir m. neðan, beneath the earth, underground; hníga til moldar, to die.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛚᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
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