Mist
Old Norse Dictionary - mist
Meaning of Old Norse word "mist"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mist
- f. one of the weird sisters or Valkyriur of the heathen age, Gm., Edda (Gl.); prob. akin to the neut. mistr (q. v.), as is to be inferred from mistar-marr, the mist-sea = the clouds, the airy region, Hkv. 1. 46.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- neut.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)