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Midgard (an anglicised form of Old Norse ; Old English , Swedish/Danish ''Midgård'', Old Saxon , Old High German , Gothic ''Midjun-gards''; literally "middle enclosure") is the name for the world (in the sense of oikoumene) inhabited by and known to humans in early Germanic cosmology, and specifically one of the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology. ==Etymology== This name occurs in Old Norse literature as . In Old Saxon ''Heliand'' it appears as and in Old High German poem ''Muspilli'' it appears as . The Gothic form is attested in the Gospel of Luke as a translation of the Greek word . The word is present in Old English epic and poetry as ; later transformed to or ("Middle-earth") in Middle English literature.〔.〕 All these forms are from a Common Germanic '' *midja-gardaz'' ('' *meddila-'', '' *medjan-''), a compound of '' *midja-'' "middle" and '' *gardaz'' "yard, enclosure". In early Germanic cosmology, the term stands alongside ''world'' (Old English ''weorold'', Old Saxon ''werold'', Old High German ''weralt'', Old Frisian ''warld'' and Old Norse ''verǫld''), from a Common Germanic compound '' *wira-alđiz'' literally the "age of men".〔Orel, Vladimir E. (2003). ''A Handbook of Germanic Etymology''. Leiden: Brill. p. 462. ISBN 90-04-12875-1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Midgard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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