Máni

Fornnordisk Ordbok - máni

Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "máni"

Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:

Fornnordiskt ord máni kan betyda:máni

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 the primitive word has been replaced by the derivative ‘mond,’ which properly means a moon-period, month]:—the moon; the word, however, is scarcely used in prose, old or mod., but is poetical or can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.
máni
II. in local names, Mán-á, Mána-berg, Mána-fell, Mána-þúfa, Landn.
máni
COMPDS: Mánadagr, Mánanótt, mánaskin.

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Förkortningar som används:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
mythol.
mythology, mythologically.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
poët.
poetically.
pr.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

Verk & författare citerade:

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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