middangeard

From Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz, equivalent to midd (“mid, middle”) + ġeard (“yard; enclosed land; realm”), although the second element's confusion or conflation with eard (“earth”) has occurred since Old English; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *medhyo (“middle”) and Proto-Indo-European *ghartos (“enclosure”). Cognate with Old Saxon middilgard, Old High German mittilgart and mittangart, Old Norse miðgarðr, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiddɑnjæɑrd/

middanġeard m

1. The Earth, the world, (especially paganism) Midgard, Middle Earth, the Earth in traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a central realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).

• eorþe

• Middle English: middenerd