muspilli

Old High German

FWOTD – 24 December 2019

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 Saxon mūdspelli, Old Norse Muspell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuː.spil.li/

Noun

mūspilli n

  1. (hapax legomenon, poetic) judgment day or apocalypse (exact meaning unclear)
    • 9th century, Muspilli, line 57:
      dar ni mac denne mak andremo / helfan uora demo muspille
      then no kinsman there can help another before the muspilli.

Declension

Declension of mūspilli (neuter ja-stem)
case singular plural
nominative mūspilli mūspilli
accusative mūspilli mūspilli
genitive mūspilles mūspillo
dative mūspille mūspillim
instrumental mūspillu —

References

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