Mél
Old Norse Dictionary - mél
Meaning of Old Norse word "mél"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mél can mean:mél
- mél
- n. pl., in mod. usage míl and mil, járn-mil, [it remains in Scot. mil-drop, and perh. Engl. mildew]:—the mouth-piece, bit, only in pl., for the mél were composed of two iron pieces linked together, see Worsaae, Nos. 487, 489 (like the Engl. snaffle-bit), and are used so still in Icel.; gnöguðu beislin svá at niðr féllu á jörð mélin, Karl. 376, freq. in mod. usage.
- mél
- COMPDS: méldropi, mélgreypr, mélregn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- pl.
- plural.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)