Mið-hæfi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mið-hæfi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mið-hæfi

n. a Gr. word [prob. = imperat. μεταβηθι, = go away]; the Orkn. S., in a report of Earl Rögnvald’s journey to Palestine in 1152, says that in Imbólar (= ἔμπολις? which the travellers took to be the name of a place) in Asia Minor when two persons met in a narrow lane the one used to shout, miðhæfi! miðhæfi! (answering to the Dan. varsko!), Orkn. 374.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛏ-ᚼᛅᚠᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Gr.
Greek.
imperat.
imperative.
n.
neuter.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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