Mistil-teinn
Diccionario de Nórdico Antiguo - mistil-teinn
Significado de la palabra en nórdico antiguo "mistil-teinn"
Según el diccionario inglés de nórdico antiguo de Cleasby & Vigfusson:
- mistil-teinn
- m. [O. H. G. mistil; Germ. mistel; A. S. mistel or mislel-tâ; Engl. mistletoe]:—the mistletoe or mistle-twig, the fatal twig by which Balder, the white sun-god, was slain, see Vsp. 36 sqq., and the legend in Edda 36, 37. After the death of Balder the Ragnarök (the last day of the heathen mythology) set in. Balder’s death was also symbolical of the victory of darkness over light, which comes every year at midwinter. The mistletoe in English households at Christmas time is, no doubt a relic of a rite lost in the remotest heathenism, for the fight of light and darkness at midwinter was a foreshadowing of the final overthrow in Ragnarök. The legend and the word are common to all Teutonic people of all ageS.
Posible inscripción rúnica en futhark joven:ᛘᛁᛋᛏᛁᛚ-ᛏᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Las runas del futhark joven se utilizaron desde el siglo VIII hasta el XII en Escandinavia y sus asentamientos en el extranjero
Abreviaciones utilizadas:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
Obras & Autores citados:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)