Meldr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Meldr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 meldr

m., gen. meldrs and meldrar; [mala; Swed. mäld; Ivar Aascn mælder; Scot. melder; Mælder-skin, the name of a mountain glacier in Norway, from its likeness to a flour-bag]:—flour or corn in the mill: koma til melds, to go to the mill, Gs. 4; standa at meldri, 23; Fenju meldr, the flour of Fenja = gold, Lex. Poët.; græðis meldr, sea-flour = sand (?), Edda (in a verse); the word is obsolete and poët., but remains in Sweden and Norway.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛚᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

gen.
genitive.
gl
glossary.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Gs.
Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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