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Old Norse
Etymology
From mjǫðr (“mead”) + vitnir (“wolf”), thus meaning “Mead-wolf”, “Toper”.[1]
Proper noun
Mjǫðvitnir m (genitive Mjǫðvitnis)
- (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
Declension
Declension of Mjǫðvitnir (strong ija-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants
References
- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4