Mittum-stangi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mittum-stangi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mittum-stangi

a corruption from the Germ. ‘mit dem stange’ = ‘he with the pole,’ a nickname, which the Norse interpreter did not understand, and took to be a name, Þiðr.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛏᛏᚢᛘ-ᛋᛏᛅᚾᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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