Máni

Old Norse Dictionary - máni

Meaning of Old Norse word "máni" in English.

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

máni Old Norse word can mean:

máni: a. m. [Ulf. mêna; A. S. môna; Engl. moon; O. H. G. mâno; Dan. maane; Swed. måne; in Germ. the primitive word has been replaced by the derivative ‘mond,’ which properly means a moon-period, month]:—the moon; the word, however, is scarcely used in prose, old or mod., but is poetical or can only be used in certain phrases, for tungl is the common word, Vsp. 5, Alm. 14, 15, Hm. 138, Vþm. 22, Anal. 177; skarðr máni, the crescent moon, Vkv. 6: mythol. the Moon (Máni) was brother to the Sun (Sól), and both were the children of the giant Mundilföri (a name evidently referring to the rotation of the heavens), Edda 7, Vþm. 23. For the legend of the two men in the moon with a bucket and pole on their shoulders see Edda 7, 220 (in a verse): urðar-múni, a weird moon, an apparition, Fb. 270: poët. phrases, mána rann, the moon’s dwelling = the sky, Skálda (in a verse); mána-vegr, the moon’s way = the sky, Haustl.; mána-fold, id.; mána-salr, Hkv. 1: brá-máni, enni-máni, the brow moon = the eye, Ad.: a nickname, as also a pr. name, Landn.

máni: II. in local names, Mán-á, Mána-berg, Mána-fell, Mána-þúfa, Landn.

máni: COMPDS: Mánadagr, Mánanótt, mánaskin.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

mythol.: mythology, mythologically.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

poët.: poetically.

pr.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)

Alm.: Alvís-mál. (A. I.)

Anal.: Analecta. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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