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1 mjötuðr
m.1) dispenser of fate, ruler, judge;2) bane, death (sverð heitir manns m.);3) = mjötviðr.* * *m., spelt mjotviðr, Vsp. 2, which form can only be an error of the transcriber, for both passages, verses 2 and 47, represent the same word; [A. S. metoð; Hel. metod; by which word the A. S. homilies, as well as the Heliand, denote God, prop. the ‘Meter,’ Dispenser]; the word itself is of heathen origin: in the Icel. it only occurs in old poets, and there in but a few passages, all of which agree, if rightly interpreted, with the A. S. use of the word. It occurs twice in the Vsp.; in verse 47,—Leika Míms synir, en mjötuðr kyndisk, but the meotud is kindled, lighted, where it seems to be applied to the god Heimdal, (the dawn in the Eastern sky, the morning star? see Prof. Bergmann in his Ed. of Gm. 1871, p. 169); in verse 2,—níu man ek heima, níu íviðjur, mjötuð mæran fyrir mold neðan, I mind the nine abodes, the nine giantesses (the nine mothers of Heimdal?), the worthy Dispenser beneath earth; this ‘meotud beneath earth’ seems here to represent the god of the nether world, the Pluto of the Northern mythology, with whom all things above originated (Heimdal?); somewhat similar views are expressed in the Platonic Dialogue Axiochus, ch. 12 and 13.2. sá er hann með mönnum mjötuðr, such a guardian (helper) is he among men, Fsm.II. metaph. and in an evil sense, weird, bane; mjtuðr is glossed by bani ( a bane), Edda (Gl.) ii. 494; mjötuðr Heimdals, the bane of Heimdal = the head; Heimdalar höfuð heitir sverð … sverð heitir manns-mjötuðr, a sword is the bane of men, Edda 55, from a myth that Heimdal was pierced by a head (used as a bolt): nema mjötuðr spilti, unless death spoiled her, unless she died, Og. 14; ef mér meirr m. málrúm gæfi, if death would give me more time for speech (says the dying Brynhild), Skv. 3. 71; sá manns mjötuðr, this bane of men, of a charmed, poisoned sword, Fas. i. (in a verse). The word is found only in the above passages; the explanation given in Lex. Poët. can hardly be the true one. For Hm. 60 see mjöt above. -
2 KYNNA
* * *(-ta, -tr), v. to make known;kynna sér e-t, to make oneself acquainted with, study (kynna sér kaupskap);hverr mun kynna oss til konungs, who will show us the way to the king;refl. kynnast, to become known, come abroad;kynnast e-u, to become acquainted with;e-m kynnist e-t, one gets acquainted with;kynnast e-t, to study (= kynna sér e-t);kynnast við e-n, to make acquaintance with one.* * *d, mod. t, [causal from kunna], to make known; k. sér e-t, to make known to oneself, study; k. sér kaupskap, Þórð. 17 new Ed.; hann kynndi sér svá siðu annarra manna, Fms. iii. 213; k. e-m e-t, to communicate to one, 655 xi. 3, MS. 623. 12; hverr mun kynna oss ( shew us the way) til konungs, Karl. 470; kynna um e-t, to enquire into, Sturl. i. 32.II. reflex. to become known, come abroad; þá þat kyndisk, then it was seen, Hkm. 18, Greg. 59; e-m kynnisk e-t, to get acquainted with, því heldr sem mér kynnisk betr, Fms. ii. 37, vi. 392:—with dat., kynnask e-u, to become acquainted with a thing, Fs. 31:—with acc., kynnask e-t (= kynna sér e-ð), to study, teygja til þess unga menn, at kynnask várt mál, Bs. i. 59:—with prep., kynnask við e-n, to offend a person; hann kynndisk við mik, (ok stakk spjóti sínu við sjóð mínum ok reið á brott), Ísl. ii. 498; but also, to make acquaintance with one, in a good sense, Stj. 422, Konr. 10, passim; perhaps also the debated passage, mjötuðr kyndisk, the ruler enquires (?), Vsp. 47, belongs to this word and not to kynda, see mjötuðr. -
3 MJÖT
n. pl., poet. the right measure.* * *f. [Ulf. mitaþs = μέτρον; O. H. G. mez; Germ. masz]:—a measure; kann ek mála mjöt, I know the measure of words, how to make a speech, Höfuðl. 20: þess kann maðr mjöt, a man knows the measure of that, Bugge’s Hm. 60 (see foot-note as to the reading in Cod. Reg.); mjötuðr, from Vsp. the preceding poem, seems to have been in the transcriber’s mind, and so he first wrote mjotvþc and then dotted the v, denoting that the last three letters were to be struck out. A fem. mjotuð would, it is true, agree with the Goth. mitaþs, but it does not suit the rhythm, in which a monosyllable is required. -
4 KYNDA
(-nda, -ndr), v. to kindle, light (kynda eld, funa, loga, bál, vita).* * *d, mod. t, to kindle, light a fire; k. funa, eld, loga, bál, vita, Hkv. 2. 37, Am. 5, Mar.; ok skyldi þaðan vita fyrst upp k. ef herr væri sénn, Fas. iii. 18; k. ofn, Fb. i. 416: absol., skaltú eigi beiðask at baka heitara en ek mun kynda, Eg. 239: metaph., Heilagr Andi kyndi ástareld í brjóstum þeim, Greg. 18.II. reflex. to be kindled; logbröndunum kastaði upp í borgina ok tók at í kyndask, Fms. x. 29; hugrinn kyndisk svá mörgum bröndum sem boðorðum, Greg. 19; ok er þat (the bale fire) er mjök í kynt, Fas. i. 202: for Vsp. 47 see kynna and mjötuðr. -
5 MÆRR
a. famous, glorious, illustrious (m. jöfurr; mærir tívar).* * *1.f. (i. e. mœrr), gen. mærar, dat. and acc. mæri:— a land, prop. border-land, only in poetry; mærar, Skálda 236 (in a verse); and in compds, blá-mœrr (q. v.), the blue land = the sea; borð-mœrr, máfa m., id.; dag-mærr, the day-land, i. e. the heaven; hauk-mœrr, the ‘hawk-land’ = the hand; Móins mær, serpent-land, i. e. gold. Lex. Poët.: the word remains in landa-mæri, border-land, andII. in the local name Mæri, f. a county in Norway; Sunn-mæri, Norð-mæri, Fms. passim; whence Mærir, m. pl. the men of M.: Mæra-jarl, the earl of M., a name of earl Rögnvald, the ancestor of the dukes of Normandy and the earls of Orkney: Mærskr, adj. from Mæri, Fms. Mæri or Mærini, a famed temple in Drontheim in Norway: hann lagði Mærina-helgi á allan fjörðinn ok lét engu tortýna þar nema kvikfé heimilu, i. e. he made the whole fjord a sanctuary, extended the sanctuary to the length of the whole fjord, Landn. l. c.2.adj., compar. mærri, mærstr; [Ulf. mers in waila-mers = εὔφημος; O. H. G. mâri]:—famous, glorious, great, Germ. herrlich, of persons; mjötuð mæran, Vsp. 2; mærir tívar, Hým. 4; mæran kon; inn mæri mögr Sigröðar, Kormak; ins mæra burar, Gm. 50; mærr jöfurr, Lex. Poët.: absol., báru mjöð mærar, Am. 8, 93; ena mæru Ingunni, Fms. viii. (in a verse); deyrat mildingr mæri (compar.), vi. 427: of things, í enum mæra Mímis-brunni, Vsp. 22; inn mæra fimbul-vetr, Vþm. 44; inn mæra mjöð, Skm. 16; mæran drykk mjaðar, Ls. 6; hrís þat et mæra, Akv. 5; inn mæri vöndr, Korm. 98 (in a verse): þjóð-mær, glorious.
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