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Miklagarðr
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Old Norse
Etymology
Made up from non mikill big, great garðr city, enclosure the large city.
Pronunciation
non /ˈmiklaˌɡarðr/
Proper noun
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non ancient capital empire/Byzantine Empire in modern c/Turkey Istanbul Byzantium Constantinople
non Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar 2 https://is.wikisource.org/wiki/Heimskringla/Haralds_saga_Sigur%C3%B0arsonar/2 Haraldur dvaldist í Garðaríki nokkura vetur og fór víða um Austurveg. Síðan byrjaði hann ferð sína út í Grikkland og hafði mikla sveit manna. Þá hélt hann til Miklagarðs. Harald stayed in Garðaríki for some years and fared far and wide around the Austurveg. Afterwards he began his journey out to Byzantium and had a large group of men. Then he held to Constantinople.
non locality empire/Finnveden in modern c/Sweden Möcklagård Bolmsö?https://www.bolmso.se/historia/
Descendants
Some of descendants may be learned borrowings.
is Mikligarður
fo Miklagarður
no - nn 1 Myklagard Miklagard
gmq-osw *Miklagarþ *Miklagardh
sv Miklagård Myklagård ; locality 1 Möcklagård Mycklagård
da Meglegård Miklegård Miklagård Mycklegaard
en Micklegarth 1
de Michelgart 1
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