Mjalli

Old Norse Dictionary - mjalli

Meaning of Old Norse word "mjalli"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

mjalli
a, m. [mjöll], whiteness; esp. in the phrase, vera ekki með öllum mjalla, to be not ‘in one’s whole whiteness,’ i. e. to be not in one’s senses, to be insane.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛅᛚᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.

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