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.)
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