mjǫtviðr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mjǫtviðr m
- meaning uncertain, but probably a heiti for the world-tree Yggdrasil
- Vǫluspá 2.
- Ek man jǫtna / ár of borna, / þá er forðum mik / fœdda hǫfðu; / níu man ek heima, / níu íviðjur, / mjǫtvið mæran / fyr mold neðan.
- Vǫluspá 2.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- mjötviðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.