meðan
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meðan
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meðan
Icelandic edit
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meðan or á meðan
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á meðan
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *medanō (“meanwhile, as long as”); compare *midi (“along with”).
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meðan
- meanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
- Sigrdrífumál 4:
- Heilir æsir! Heilar ásynjur! Heil sjá in fjölnýta fold! Mál ok mannvit gefið okkr mærum tveim, ok læknishendr meðan lifum.
- Hail ye gods! Hail ye goddesses! Hail, fertile earth! Speech and wisdom grant to us famous ones, and healing hands while we live.
- Sigrdrífumál 4: