mjöður

See also mjøður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian mede, Middle Low German mēde, Dutch mede, Old High German meto (German Met) and Old English medu (whence mead).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit मधु, Ancient Greek μέθυ (“wine”), Latin medus, Old Irish mid, Welsh medd (“mead”), Old Church Slavonic медъ (“honey”), Russian мёд (“honey, mead”), Lithuanian medùs (“honey”), Tocharian B mīt.

Compare also Finnish and Estonian mesi and the Hungarian méz.

Noun

mjöður m (genitive singular mjaðar, plural miðir)

1. (poetic, fermented drink) a mead

   Bergja á miðinum.

   To take a sip of mead.

Declension

declension of mjöður

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjöður	mjöðurinn	miðir	miðirnir
accusative	mjöð	mjöðinn	miði	miðina
dative	miði	miðinum	mjöðum	mjöðunum
genitive	mjaðar	mjaðarins	mjaða	mjaðanna

Derived terms

• bergja á miðinum
• blanda mjöð
• grasamjöður
• mjaðarangan
• mjaðarjurt
• mjaðarlyng
• mjaðartunna
• mjaðarþynnka
• mjöðdrekka
• mjöðdrykkja
• skáldamjöður