Definitions
Definitions
1 niða-myrkr
n. ‘nið-mirk,’ pitch darkness and no moon; þeir höfðu skriðljós með sér, en niðamyrkr var úti, Ó. H. 71, Fms. ii. 5; n. var á, Eg. 216, 235, Fms. viii. 429: the word is now used without thinking of the moon, simply = pitch darkness; also kol-niðamyrkr, coal-pitch-dark.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
niða-myrkr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "niða-myrkr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).