meiðr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *maidaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“stake, pole”). Compare Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʻ).
Noun
editmeiðr m
- longitudinal beam; sledge-runner
- pole, log
- tree, gallows tree
- Hávamál, verse 138
- Veit ek, at ek hekk vindga meiði á
nætr allar níu, geiri undaðr […]- I know, that I hung on a windy tree
for nine full nights, wounded by a spear […]
- I know, that I hung on a windy tree
- Hávamál, verse 138
Declension
edit Declension of meiðr (strong a-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: meiður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mei
- Norwegian Bokmål: mei, meie
- Elfdalian: mįeð
- Swedish: med, mede
- Danish: mede