meðan
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Faroese
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[edit]Conjunction
[edit]meðan
Adverb
[edit]meðan
Icelandic
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]meðan or á meðan
Adverb
[edit]á meðan
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *medanō (“meanwhile, as long as”); compare *midi (“along with”).
Conjunction
[edit]meðan
- meanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
- Sigrdrífumál 4:
- Heilir æsir! Heilar ásynjur! Heil sjá in fjölnýta fold! Mál ok mannvit gefið okkr mærum tveim, ok læknishendr meðan lifum.
- Hail ye gods! Hail ye goddesses! Hail, fertile earth! Speech and wisdom grant to us famous ones, and healing hands while we live.
- Sigrdrífumál 4:
Descendants
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- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese conjunctions
- Faroese adverbs
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːðan
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːðan/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic conjunctions
- Icelandic adverbs
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse conjunctions
- Old Norse terms with quotations