Múli

Old Norse Dictionary - múli

Meaning of Old Norse word "múli" in English.

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

múli Old Norse word can mean:

múli
a, m. [mid. H. G. mûl; Germ. maul], prop, a muzzle, snout (= trjóna), whence the mouth of beasts; göltr með járnuðum múla, of a war-engine, Sks. 395; búinn múlinn með járni, Róm. 292; harð-múla, hard-mouthed. Germ. hart-mäulig; kol-múlugr, black-mouthed: múlaðr, adj. = Lat. rostratus: múla-stykki, n. a smith’s vice, Vm.; korna-múli, a nickname, Landn.
múli
II. [Scot. mull; Shetl. and Orkn. mule], a jutting crag, between two dales, fjords, or the like; hann snýr þegar af leiðinni ok upp á múlann ok svá eptir hálsinum milli Hrafnkelsdals ok Jökuldals, Hrafn. 20, very freq. in Icel.; fjalls-múli, a mountain peak; Digri-múli, Seljalands-múli, Landn.: as also in numberless local names. Múli, Múla-fjall, Múla-eyjar, Múla-sveit, Landn., map of Icel.; so the Mull of Cantire = Satiris-múli, Mull of Galloway, the Mull-head in the Orkneys, and the like, local names given by the Norsemen; perh. also the island of Mull, whence Mylskr, adj. = a man of Mull, Fms. vii. 42 (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
Germ.
German.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. H. G.
middle High German.
n.
neuter.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
perh.
perhaps.
Scot.
Scottish.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hrafn.
Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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