mjǫðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meduz, whence also Old English medu (English mead), Middle Low German mēde, Old High German meto (German Met). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjɒðr/, /mjɔðr/

Noun

mjǫðr m (genitive mjaðar, dative miði)

1. honey
2. mead (fermented drink)

Declension

Declension of mjǫðr (strong u-stem, singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjǫðr	mjǫðrinn
accusative	mjǫð	mjǫðinn
dative	miði	miðinum
genitive	mjaðar	mjaðarins

Descendants

• Icelandic: mjöður
• Faroese: mjøður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mjød; (dialectal) mjør, mjøyr’e
• Old Swedish: miødher, mioþer
  • Swedish: mjöd
• Old Danish: mioth, miøth, møth
  • Danish: mjød
    • Norwegian Bokmål: mjød