Nið

Old Norse Dictionary - nið

Meaning of Old Norse word "nið" in English.

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

nið Old Norse word can mean:

nið: f., pl. niðar, n. G. l. i. 29; dat. pl. niðjum, Vsp. 6 (later niðum); the gender is seen from the pl. niðar (l. c.) from the compd niðar- below, as also from the provinc. Norse and Swed. near; [Swed. nedar; Dan. næ; Ivar Aasen near]:—the wane of the moon, when there is ‘no moon;’ it is in use in Sweden and Denmark, but now obsolete in Iceland, except in the compd niða-myrkr, qs. niðar-myrkr; in old writers esp. in the allit. phrases, ný ok nið, full moon and no moon, Vþm. 25; Máni stýrir göngu tungls ok ræðr nýjum ok niðum, Edda 7; um ny hit næsta ok niðar (acc. pl.), n. G. l. i. 29; nótt með niðum, Vþm. 24; nótt ok niðjum (i. e. niðum) nöfn um gáfu, Vsp. 6; máni, ný, nið, Edda 76: poët., niða borg = the heaven, Skálda (in a verse).

nið: COMPDS: Nlðafjöll, niðamyrkr.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

l. c.: loco citato.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

provinc.: provincial.

qs.: quasi.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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