Meldr

Old Norse Dictionary - meldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "meldr" in English.

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

meldr: m., gen. meldrs and meldrar; [mala; Swed. mäld; Ivar Aascn mælder; Scot. melder; Mælder-skin, the name of a mountain glacier in Norway, from its likeness to a flour-bag]:—flour or corn in the mill: koma til melds, to go to the mill, Gs. 4; standa at meldri, 23; Fenju meldr, the flour of Fenja = gold, Lex. poët.; græðis meldr, sea-flour = sand (?), Edda (in a verse); the word is obsolete and poët., but remains in Sweden and Norway.

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

Abbreviations used:

gen.: genitive.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

Scot.: Scottish.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Gs.: Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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