meiðr

Old Norse

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʿ).

Noun

meiðr m

  1. longitudinal beam; sledge-runner
  2. pole, log
  3. tree
  4. gallows tree

Descendants
  • Icelandic: meiður
  • Swedish: med, mede
  • Danish: mede
  • Norwegian: mei
  • Westrobothnian: mei
  • Elfdalian: mįeð

References
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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