mudspelli

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • mutspelli

Etymology

The ultimate origin is disputed, but one suggestion includes Latin mundus (world) + Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (to kill, ruin, murder), thus meaning "destruction of the world."[1] More at Muspilli.

Compare Old High German muspilli, Old Norse Muspell.

Noun

mūdspelli n

  1. End of the world

Declension

mūdspelli (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative mūdspelli mūdspelli
accusative mūdspelli mūdspelli
genitive mūdspellies mūdspelliō
dative mūdspellie mūdspellium
instrumental

References

  1. ^ Heliand und Genesis, ed. Otto Behaghel, 8th ed. by Walther Mitzka, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1965