Milli

Old Norse Dictionary - milli

Meaning of Old Norse word "milli" in English.

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

milli Old Norse word can mean:

milli: prep. with gen., also millim or millum, by assimilation from miðli, which was prob. its early form (10th and 11th century), as is shewn by rhymes, e. g. liðs á miðli, Sighvat (thrice); friðila miðli, Fms. vi. 185 (in a verse): [Dan. mellem; Swed. mellan]:—between; milli skógarins ok árinnar, Eg. 276; m. frosts ok funa, Sól.; heima á milli, Bs. i. (in a verse); sín á milli, milli sín, among themselves, n. G. l. i. 95, Ó. H. 48; binda þeir þá svardögum sín í milli, 35; manna á milli, Fms. xi. 19; milli Noregs konungs ok Svía konungs ok Dana konungs, Ó. H. 47; millim konunga ok landanna í millum, Fms. iii. 70; en aldri síðan varð vel í millim þessa kununga, 82; Einarr komsk niðr í millum þeirra konungs, vi. 42; sigla millum landa, from one land to another, Ld. 84; millum manna, 78; þeirra á millum, n. G. l. i. 87; hann hafði í tveinir stöðum herinn ok lét skamt milli, at a short distance from one another, Róm. 276.

milli: II. spec. usages; var enn meir vönduð veizla en þess í milli, more than otherwise, Fms. xi. 19; margir verða vaskir í einangrinum, þó lítt sé vaskir þess á milli, Eb. 60; um aðra hluti var skamt milli máls konunga, in other things there was no great difference between them, Fms. x. 132; þar væri langt í milli, hvárt þú hefðir þá með öllu eðr hefðir þú þá aldri, there is much between your having it altogether or not at all, Gísl. 27; búnaðr hans var þar á milli, his dress was midway, plain, Eb. 34; standa í milli, to stand between, hinder. Eg.: mátti þar ekki í millim sjá hvárr of öðrum myndi bera, it could not be seen which of the two would get the better, so equal was the match, Fms. iii. 77, Fb. i. 138, Fas. i. 399, iii. 377, Fs. 39; alla þá stund varð honum ekki í milli aga ok úfriðar, all that time there was war and fighting, i. e. all his reign was for him nothing but continuous war and tumult, Fms. vi. 430; mér lætr þú ok sjálfum millum ílls lítið, Am. 82; leggja í millum, to pay into the bargain; skal ek í millum leggja vinganar þinnar, … kalla ek mínn kaupi vel keypt ok allgóðr er meðal-aukinn. Lv. 43; vili þér flensa milli segla, into the bargain, Fms. vi. 359. mod. gefa milli, to give into the bargain (milli-gjöf, q. v.)

milli: III. milli ok, ellipt., in order to avoid repeating an immediately preceding noun, e. g. upp með ánni, milli ok skógarins, along the river, between (the river) and the forest, Eg.; hann nam land út frá Stafá milli ok Hraunsfjarðar, Eb. 14; út frá Stiku, á milli ok Guðlaugs-höfða, 292; út frá Svelgs-á, milli ok Hóla, 180; þar í millum ok gaflaðsins, Nj. 203.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

gen.: genitive.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

Swed.: Swedish.

i. e.: id est.

mod.: modern.

q. v.: quod vide.

spec.: specially.

v.: vide.

ellipt.: elliptical, elliptically.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)

Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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