Mjötuðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjötuðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjötuðr" (or mjǫtuðr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

mjötuðr (mjǫtuðr): mjötuðr, m. 1) Styrer, Hersker som er i Be- siddelse af Magten, særligen har Afgjørel-sen af Menneskenes Skjæbne i sin Haand(ags. metod, meotod Bosw.2 6828 fgg;Beow., se Gloss. til Heynes Udgave; gsax.metod Heliand von Heyne s. 267b7-23);mart sagða ek, munda ek fleira, ef mérmeirr mjötuðr málrúm gæfi Sig. 3, 68(71); kvaða hann ina œðri alna myndomey í heimi, nema mjötuðr spilti Oddr.17 (16); hafþu á huldu Hjalmars bana,takattu á eggjum, eitr er í báðum, sá ermanns mjötuðr meini verri Herv. 22126jvf 22023 (Fld. I, 44126 jvf 44024); mjötuðr= bani SE. II, 49417; svá er sagt, at hann(nl. Heimdallr) var lostinn manns höfðií gögnum, um hann er kveðit í Heim-dallar galdri, ok er síðan kallat höfuðmjötuðr Heimdallar, sverð heitir mannsmjötuðr SE. I, 26418 fg. 2) = mjötviðr (seSophus Bugge Studier I, 49110 fg 39 fg); sáer hann með mönnum mjötuðr Fjölsv.22; mjötuðr kyndist Vsp. NFkv. 17a9.23b12.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, mjötuðr may be more accurately written as mjǫtuðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚯᛏᚢᚦᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

fg.: følgende.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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