mjǫtviðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From mjǫt +‎ viðr.

Noun

mjǫtviðr m

  1. 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.

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mjötviðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 301; also available at the Internet Archive
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