Mjöll

Old Norse Dictionary - mjöll

Meaning of Old Norse word "mjöll" (or mjǫll) in English.

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

mjöll Old Norse word can mean:

mjöll (mjǫll): f., gen. mjallar, dat. mjöllu, Rm. 26, Völs. R. 1. 3; [perh. akin to mjöl, although with a double l]:—fresh powdery snow; sá snjór er hvítastr er, ok í logni fellr, ok mjöll er kallaðr, Bárð. 2 new Ed.; görðisk íll færðin ok var mjöllin djúp, Fms. v. 179; vaða mjöll, Sighvat (Fb. iii. 240); mjöllin var laus, ok rauk hón, Fb. i. 579; sjórinn rauk sem mjöll, the sea ‘reeked,’ or broke in spray, like mjöll, Vígl. 22; eru þeir kasaðir í mjöllinni, Fs. 143: poët., haus-mjöll. floating hair, Skálda (in a verse); sjóð-m., the snow of the crucible = silver; svan-m., the ‘swan-drift’ = the waves. Lex. poët.

mjöll (mjǫll): II. a pR. name of a lady, Landn. mjalla-hvítr, adj. = mjallhvítr, white as drifted snow.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mjöll may be more accurately written as mjǫll.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

perh.: perhaps.

poët.: poetically.

R.: Rimur.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

adj.: adjective.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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