meðal

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬, which was instead probably borrowed through Low German.

Noun

 * 1) a medicine, a drug
 * 2)  means
 * Tilgangurinn helgar meðalið.
 * The end justifies the means.

Preposition

 * 1)  among, amongst
 * Ég er meðal mikilmenna.
 * I am amongst great men.

Adverb

 * 1) average

Usage notes
Usually always written as a prefix, but often written separately when the following word is long although such usage is proscribed.

May in informal speech stand by itself.