Menja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Menja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Menja

u, f. the giant maid who grinds gold in the charmed mill, Edda, Gs.; hence gold is called the flour of Menja, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᚾᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors

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