Mjölnir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mjölnir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Mjölnir (Mjǫlnir)

m., in the vellums spelt mjollnir, with o and ll (see Bugge in the foot-note to Vþm. 51); the ll seems to indicate that the n is radical, for if it were inflexive, it would be mjolnir (with one l): [therefore the derivation from mala or mola (to crush), though probable, is not certain; the word may be akin to Goth. milhma = cloud, Swed. moln, Dan. mulm; cp. provinc. Norse molnas (Ivar Aasen) = to grow dark from bands of cloud arising]:—the name of Thor’s hammer, Edda passim, Ls.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᚢᛚᚾᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Goth.
Gothic.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
prob
probable, probably.
provinc.
provincial.
sing
singular.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Vþm.
Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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