Jötun-móðr
Old Norse Dictionary - jötun-móðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "jötun-móðr" (or jǫtun-móðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jötun-móðr (jǫtun-móðr)
- m. giant’s mood, giant’s fury, a kind of berserksgangr, Vsp. 50; færask í jötunmóð, Edda 136, Fms. iii. 194.; opp. to Ás-móðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, jötun-móðr may be more accurately written as jǫtun-móðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᛏᚢᚾ-ᛘᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)