"Miðgarðr" meaning in Old Norse

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Proper name

Forms: Miðgarðs [genitive]
Etymology: From miðr (“middle”) + garðr (“yard; enclosured land; realm”) or directly from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (“Middle Earth”). Cognate with Old English middangeard, Old Saxon middilgard, Old High German mittilgart, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards). Etymology templates: {{af|non|miðr|garðr|t1=middle|t2=yard; enclosured land; realm}} miðr (“middle”) + garðr (“yard; enclosured land; realm”), {{inh|non|gem-pro|*midjagardaz|t=Middle Earth}} Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (“Middle Earth”), {{cog|ang|middangeard}} Old English middangeard, {{cog|osx|middilgard}} Old Saxon middilgard, {{cog|goh|mittilgart}} Old High German mittilgart, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|tr=}} Miðgarðr m
  1. the Earth, (especially Norse mythology) Midgard, Middle Earth, the world that humans (mostly) live in Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Norse mythology Derived forms: Miðgarðsormr (english: the World Serpent), Miðgarðsvéorr (english: a kenning for Thor)
    Sense id: en-Miðgarðr-non-name-hQcNDzDY Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: Midgard"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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        }
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          "Norse"
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          "Midgard",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Midgard",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Midgard",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Midgard"
    }
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}

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