mudspelli

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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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

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mūdspelli n

  1. End of the world

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Heliand und Genesis, ed. Otto Behaghel, 8th ed. by Walther Mitzka, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1965