mjǫtviðr
Appearance
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.