jörmun-
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a prefix in a few old mythical words, implying something huge, vast, superhuman: [ the eormen- in eormcn-cyn, -grund, -lâf, -strind, -þeôð; and irmin- in irmin-got = the great god, irmin-man = the great man, irmin-sul = a sacred column or idol, irmin-thiod = mankind, see Schmeller]:—great; the of this word, which occur in old poets only, are, Jörmun-gandr, the Great Monster, a name of the northern Leviathan, the Midgard Serpent, 50, Bragi ( i. 254): Jörmund-grund, = eormen-grund (Beowulf), = the earth, 20: Jörmun-rekr, a name, Eormenric (the form would be Airmanariks), , Bragi: Jörmun-þrjótr, the Great Evil One, of a giant,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- cp.compare.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- compds.samsett orð (e. compounds)
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pr.proper, properly.
- Goth.Gothic.
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Haustl.Haustlöng. (A. I.)