Mið-mundi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mið-mundi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mið-mundi

a, m. the middle, the metaphor being taken from scales: loc. midway, þá er Sköðuborgará (in Jutland) á miðmunda, the river S. is midway (between Hedeby and Wiborg), Symb. 32:—with gen., þá er sól miðmunda norðrs ok landnorðrs, when the sun is midway between north and north-east, Grág. ii. 283; þá er miðmunda sólhvarfanna, the mid-time between the two solstices, Rb. 94; lét hann sól þann dag upp koma í miðmunda-stað austrs ok landsuðrs, en setjask í miðmunda-stað útsuðrs ok vestrs, id.; í miðmunda-stað vestrs ok útnorðrs, id.

2 mið-mundi

2. moment, weight, importance; guldu þeir allir nokkut er þar vóru ok nokkur miðmundi var at, all who were of any moment, Sturl. i. 181; þú skalt bera fé undir lenda menn í Noregi ok alla þá menn er nokkurr miðmundi er at, Mork. 4.

3 mið-mundi

II. in a temp. sense, as a mark of time, when the sun is midway between midday (twelve o’clock) and nón (three o’clock), half-past one, see Sturl. l. c.: this measure of time is still used in Icel., þat var nær miðjum degi (i. e. about twelve o’clock) er þeir fundusk, en fyrir miðmunda hófsk orrostan, en konungr féll fyrir nón, en myrkrit hélzk frá miðmunda til nóns, Ó. H. 223; Þórsdaginn um miðmunda-skeið, Fms. viii. 210; um miðmunda-skeið miðs dags ok nóns, in the middle between midday and the ‘nones,’ i. e. half-past one P. M., Sturl. ii. 153.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛏ-ᛘᚢᚾᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

gen.
genitive.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
loc
local, locally.
loc.
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
S.
South, Southern.
temp.
temporal.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Mork.
Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Symb.
Symbolae. (H. IV.)

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