middangeard

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • the Earth, the world, (especially) Midgard, Middle Earth, the Earth in traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a central realm between (Christianity) heaven or (pagan) Asgard and hell or Niflheim

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (Middle Earth, middle-earth, middle enclosure) derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (middle, between, in the middle, in-between).

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Proto-Indo-European

*médʰyos

Gloss

middle, between, in the middle, in-between

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