muspilli

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Old High German

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Etymology

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The ultimate origin is disputed, but one suggestion includes Latin mundus (world) + Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (to kill, ruin, murder), thus meaning "destruction of the world."[1] More at Muspilli.

Compare Old Saxon mūdspelli, Old Norse Muspell.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mūspilli n

  1. (hapax, poetic) judgment day or apocalypse (exact meaning unclear)
    • 9th century, Muspilli, line 57:
      dar ni mac denne mak andremo / helfan uora demo muspille
      then no kinsman there can help another before the muspilli.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Heliand und Genesis, ed. Otto Behaghel, 8th ed. by Walther Mitzka, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1965