mjǫtviðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From mjǫt +‎ viðr.

Noun

mjǫtviðr m

meaning uncertain, but probably a heiti for the world-tree Yggdrasil
- Vǫluspá 2.
  Ek man jǫtna / ár of borna, / þá er forðum mik / fœdda hǫfðu; / níu man ek heima, / níu íviðjur, / mjǫtvið mæran / fyr mold neðan.

Related terms

mjǫtuðr

References

mjötviðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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