Jötun-móðr

Old Norse Dictionary - jötun-móðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "jötun-móðr" (or jǫtun-móðr) in English.

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.)

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