Voce del dizionario norreno antico

MÁNI

Voce del dizionario norreno antico

Definizioni

3 Definizioni

1 MÁNI

a. m. [Ulf. mêna; A. S. môna; Engl. moon; O. H. G. mâno; Dan. maane; Swed. måne; in Germ. the primitive word has been replaced by the derivative ‘mond,’ which properly means a moon-period, month]:—the moon; the word, however, is scarcely used in prose, old or mod., but is poetical or can only be used in certain phrases, for tungl is the common word, Vsp. 5, Alm. 14, 15, Hm. 138, Vþm. 22, Anal. 177; skarðr máni, the crescent moon, Vkv. 6: mythol. the Moon (Máni) was brother to the Sun (Sól), and both were the children of the giant Mundilföri (a name evidently referring to the rotation of the heavens), Edda 7, Vþm. 23. For the legend of the two men in the moon with a bucket and pole on their shoulders see Edda 7, 220 (in a verse): urðar-múni, a weird moon, an apparition, Fb. 270: poët. phrases, mána rann, the moon’s dwelling = the sky, Skálda (in a verse); mána-vegr, the moon’s way = the sky, Haustl.; mána-fold, id.; mána-salr, Hkv. 1: brá-máni, enni-máni, the brow moon = the eye, Ad.: a nickname, as also a pr. name, Landn.

2 MÁNI

II. in local names, Mán-á, Mána-berg, Mána-fell, Mána-þúfa, Landn.

3 MÁNI

COMPDS: Mánadagr, Mánanótt, mánaskin.

Parole simili

Iscrizione runica

MÁNI

Possibile iscrizione runica in futhark giovane

Il testo runico sopra rappresenta la parola norrena antica "MÁNI" come potrebbe apparire nelle iscrizioni runiche dell'era vichinga (ca. 800-1100 d.C.).

Abbreviazioni utilizzate

Abbreviazioni comuni

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
mythol: mythology, mythological.
mythol.: mythology, mythological.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
pr.: proper.
prop: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Opere & Autori

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
Alm.: Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
Anal.: Analecta. (D. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)
Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)
Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)
Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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