Re: Muspellsheim

From: malmqvist52@...
Message: 11190
Date: 2001-11-17

Hi"João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> I thought in a relation between -spell and Latin splendor "shine",
something
> like *sp(H)el- to blaze, to burn, to shine.

Mm, the semantics seem to fit the fact that Muspellheim is a hot and
burning place. And it's also said in gylfaginning 51 that the army of
Muspells sons is shiningly bright.

But is there any cognates to *sp(H)el closer to the North than latin?
And without the d?

What does Mu mean then?

Best wishes
Anders