Miðgarðr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From miðr (“middle”) + garðr (“yard; enclosured land; realm”) or directly from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (“Middle Earth”). Cognate with Old English middangeard, Old Saxon middilgard, Old High German mittilgart, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards).
Proper noun[edit]
Miðgarðr m (genitive Miðgarðs)
- the Earth, (especially Norse mythology) Midgard, Middle Earth, the world that humans (mostly) live in