Mjöt

Betydningen af oldnorske ordet "mjöt" (eller mjǫt)

Som defineret af Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse til English ordbog:

mjöt (mjǫt)

f. [Ulf. mitaþs = μέτρον; O. H. G. mez; Germ. masz]:—a measure; kann ek mála mjöt, I know the measure of words, how to make a speech, Höfuðl. 20: þess kann maðr mjöt, a man knows the measure of that, Bugge’s Hm. 60 (see foot-note as to the reading in Cod. Reg.); mjötuðr, from Vsp. the preceding poem, seems to have been in the transcriber’s mind, and so he first wrote mjotvþc and then dotted the v, denoting that the last three letters were to be struck out. A fem. mjotuð would, it is true, agree with the Goth. mitaþs, but it does not suit the rhythm, in which a monosyllable is required.

Ortografi: Cleasby & Vigfusson bogen brugte bogstavet ö til at repræsentere den originale oldnorske vokal ǫ. Derfor kan mjöt være mere præcist skrevet som mjǫt.

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