Jarðar-megin
Old Norse Dictionary - jarðar-megin
Meaning of Old Norse word "jarðar-megin"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word jarðar-megin can mean:jarðar-megin
- jarðar-megin
- n. a certain portion of land; þá skulu þeir svá halda garði upp sem þeir hafa j. til, n. G. l. i. 40; halda kirkju-góðs eptir jarðarmagni, H. E. i. 459; sá leiðangr er görisk af jarðarmagni, Gþl. 91.
- jarðar-megin
- n. ‘earth-main,’ power, in a mythol. sense, Hm. 138, Hdl. 37, Gkv. 2. 21.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚱᚦᛅᚱ-ᛘᛁᚴᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)