mudspelli
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- mutspelli
Etymology
The ultimate origin is disputed, but one suggestion includes Latin mundus (“world”) + Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (“to kill, ruin, murder”), thus meaning "destruction of the world."[1] More at Muspilli.
Compare Old High German muspilli, Old Norse Muspell.
Noun
mūdspelli n
- End of the world
Declension
Declension of mūdspelli (neuter ja-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūdspelli | mūdspelli |
| accusative | mūdspelli | mūdspelli |
| genitive | mūdspellies | mūdspelliō |
| dative | mūdspellie | mūdspellium |
| instrumental | — | — |
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)
- Heliand und Genesis, ed. Otto Behaghel, 8th ed. by Walther Mitzka, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1965
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