Miðgarðr

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Old Norse

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).

Proper noun

Miðgarðr m (genitive Miðgarðs)

the Earth, (especially Norse mythology) Midgard, Middle Earth, the world that humans (mostly) live in

Derived terms

Miðgarðsormr (“the World Serpent”)
Miðgarðsvéorr (“a kenning for Thor”)

Descendants

Icelandic: Miðgarður
Faroese: Miðgarður
Norwegian Nynorsk: Midgard
Norwegian Bokmål: Midgard
Swedish: Midgård
Danish: Midgård
- Norwegian Bokmål: Midgård
→ English: Midgard

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