Ás-megin
Old Norse Dictionary - ás-megin
Meaning of Old Norse word "ás-megin"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ás-megin
- (ásmegn, Edda 15, 29), n. gener. the divine strength of the Ases, but esp. used of Thor in the phrases, at færast í á., vaxa á., neyta á., when he displayed his strength as a god by grasping the hammer Mjölnir, by putting on the gloves, or the girdle (megingjarðar, q. v.), Edda 15, 60, 61, Hým. 31.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛋ-ᛘᛁᚴᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- gener.
- generally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)