mjöður

See also: mjøður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian mede, Middle Low German mēde, Dutch mede, Old High German meto (German Met) and Old English medu (whence mead).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit मधु (madhu), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”), Latin medus, Old Irish mid, Welsh medd (“mead”), Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Ukrainian мед (med, “honey”), Russian мёд (mjod, “honey, mead”), Lithuanian medùs (“honey”), Tocharian B mīt.

Compare also Finnish and Estonian mesi and the Hungarian méz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjœːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -œːðʏr

Noun

mjöður m (genitive singular mjaðar, nominative plural miðir)

1. mead (alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water)

   Bergja á miðinum. ― To take a sip of mead.

2. (poetic or humorous, by extension) any alcoholic beverage, especially beer

Declension

declension of mjöður

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjöður	mjöðurinn	miðir	miðirnir
accusative	mjöð	mjöðinn	miði	miðina
dative	miði	miðinum	mjöðum	mjöðunum
genitive	mjaðar	mjaðarins	mjaða	mjaðanna

Derived terms

• bergja á miðinum
• blanda mjöð
• grasamjöður
• mjaðarangan
• mjaðarjurt
• mjaðarlyng
• mjaðartunna
• mjaðarþynnka
• mjöðdrekka
• mjöðdrykkja
• skáldamjöður