meiðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maidaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“stake, pole”). Compare Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʻ).

Noun

meiðr m

  1. longitudinal beam; sledge-runner
  2. pole, log
  3. tree, gallows tree
    • Hávamál, verse 138
      Veit ek, at ek hekk vindga meiði á
      nætr allar níu, geiri undaðr […]
      I know, that I hung on a windy tree
      for nine full nights, wounded by a spear […]

Declension

Declension of meiðr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative meiðr meiðrinn meiðar meiðarnir
accusative meið meiðinn meiða meiðana
dative meiði meiðinum meiðum meiðunum
genitive meiðs meiðsins meiða meiðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: meiður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mei, meie
  • Elfdalian: mįeð
  • Swedish: med, mede
  • Danish: mede

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “meiðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “maida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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