FARMR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FARMR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 FARMR

m. a fare, freight, cargo, Jb. 411, Eg. 129, Band. 5, Fms. iv. 259, Grág. ii. 395: metaph. a load in general, vide Lex. Poët.: in the Edda, Odin is Farma-guð and Farma-týr, m. the god and helper of loads,—he also was invoked bv sailors; skips-f., a ship’s freight: viðar-f., timbr-f., korn-f., hey-f., etc., a load of wood, timber, corn, hay, etc.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛅᚱᛘᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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