Mið-degi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mið-degi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mið-degi

n. midday (= hádegi = miðr dagr = twelve o’clock), so always in mod. writers, and distinguished from miðmundi, q. v.; at morgunmáli milli miðdegis ok dagmála, Ísl. ii. 335; miðdegis skeið, Fms. vii. 69, viii. 374 (v. l.), Stj. 216, Hkr. ii. 175, Fms. xi. 425, Gþl. 87, Jb. 200 (but better miðr dagr in two words); but in mod. usage miðdegi is used in the same sense as miðmundi, q. v.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛏ-ᛏᛁᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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