Niða-myrkr

Old Norse Dictionary - niða-myrkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "niða-myrkr" in English.

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

niða-myrkr
n. ‘nið-mirk,’ pitch darkness and no moon; þeir höfðu skriðljós með sér, en niðamyrkr var úti, Ó. H. 71, Fms. ii. 5; n. var á, Eg. 216, 235, Fms. viii. 429: the word is now used without thinking of the moon, simply = pitch darkness; also kol-niðamyrkr, coal-pitch-dark.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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