mjød

Danish

FWOTD – 26 September 2016

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjød/, [mjøð]

Noun

mjød c (singular definite mjøden, not used in plural form)

1. mead
   • 2015 December 29, Christine Hyldal, “Mjød hitter hos vikingernes efterkommere”, in DR:

     Mjød består af honning, vand, gær og så de krydderier og frugter, som producenterne tilfører.
     Mead consists of honey, water, yeast and then the spices and fruits that the producers add.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of mjød

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjød	mjøden
genitive	mjøds	mjødens

References

• “mjød” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjøː(d)/
• Rhymes: -øːd

Noun

mjød m (definite singular mjøden, indefinite plural mjøder, definite plural mjødene)

1. mead
   • 2011 June 10, Anne Hjernøe, “Blåskjell med mjød og urter”, in NRK:

     Hell en god skvett mjød og en god skvett øl i gryten.

     Pour a good drizzle of mead and a good drizzle of beer in a cooking pot.

References

• “mjød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mjør, mjøyr’e

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *meduz (“mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”). Akin to English mead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjœː(d)/

Noun

mjød m (definite singular mjøden, indefinite plural mjødar, definite plural mjødane)

1. mead
2. honey, especially from bumblebees
3. a sweet nectar that children suck out of flowers
4. blood

Derived terms

• humlemjød (“bumblebee honey”)
• mjøda (“to become mead; to taste sweet”)
• mjødgjem
• mjødgras, mjødon, mjødurt (“mead wort”)
• mjødknupp
• mjødsoppe
• skaldemjød
• somamjød
• suttungsmjød

 

References

• “mjød” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.