Miðgarðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From miðr (“middle”) +‎ garðr (“yard; enclosured land; realm”) or directly from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (“Middle Earth”). Cognate with Old English middangeard, Old Saxon middilgard, Old High German mittilgart, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards).

Proper noun

Miðgarðr m (genitive Miðgarðs)

1. the Earth, (especially Norse mythology) Midgard, Middle Earth, the world that humans (mostly) live in

Derived terms

• Miðgarðsormr (“the World Serpent”)
• Miðgarðsvéorr (“a kenning for Thor”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: Miðgarður
• Faroese: Miðgarður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Midgard
• Norwegian Bokmål: Midgard
• Swedish: Midgård
• Danish: Midgård
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Midgård
• → English: Midgard