Ham-vátr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Ham-vátr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ham-vátr

adj. skin-wet, i. e. drowned, Landn. (in a verse): freq. in foreign, Saxon, and Germ. pr. names and local names;

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅᛘ-ᚢᛅᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
i. e.
id est.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper.

Works & Authors

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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