1 mundangs-hóf
n. the making a true balance, moderation; með mundangshófi, with just balance, moderately, Stj. 517, 552, Sks. 691; sjá vel með mundangshófi, (minutely) hvat maðr á hverjum at gjalda, Sks. 444; eptir mundangshófi, Stj. 283: esp. in the phrase, mjótt er mundangshófit, the just balance, the true middle, is hard to hit, Gþl. 173, Js. 55, Thom. 153, Bs. i. 667 (in a verse).