Mið-degi

Old Norse Dictionary - mið-degi

Meaning of Old Norse word "mið-degi" in English.

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

mið-degi: n. midday (= hádegi = miðr dagr = twelve o’clock), so always in mod. writers, and distinguished from miðmundi, q. v.; at morgunmáli milli miðdegis ok dagmála, Ísl. ii. 335; miðdegis skeið, Fms. vii. 69, viii. 374 (v. l.), Stj. 216, Hkr. ii. 175, Fms. xi. 425, Gþl. 87, Jb. 200 (but better miðr dagr in two words); but in mod. usage miðdegi is used in the same sense as miðmundi, q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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