MJÖÐR
nafnorðkarlkyn
m., gen. mjaðar, dat. miði; in mod. usage mjöð, f.; [A. S. medo; Engl. mead; O. H. G. metu; Germ. meth; Swed.-Dan. mjöd]:—mead, Sturl. ii. 245, Hkr. i. 102, Fms. viii. 18, 166, Nj. 43, Edda 24, 49, Bs. i. 77: in phrases, blanda, brugga mjöð, to blend mead; and grasaðr mjöðr, spiced or drugged mead, for the ancients used to spice or drug the mead with narcotic herbs, see the remarks s. v. jóll; mead was the favourite drink in the Valhalla, Ls. 3, Vtkv. 7, Vsp. 22, Gm. 25; mjaðar-bytta, -ker, a mead-cask, Fms. iv. 168, ix. 329; mjaðar ístra, mead-paunch, viii. 117; mjaðar lögr, mead-liquor, ix. 329; mjaðar drykkja, mead-drinking, 462; mjaðar bland, mead-mixing, Rétt. 2. 4.
COMPDS: mjöðdrekka, mjöðdrukkinn, mjöðdrykkja, mjöðkona, mjöðrann.