Definitions
Definitions
1 heim-kváma
(heim-koma), u, f. return home, Fms. i. 290, Sturl. i. 213: the phrase, missa heimkvámu, to miss one’s return, be slain in foreign parts, answering to ἀπολέσαι νόστιμον ημαρ, Od.; misti þar margr maðr heimkvámu, Fas. i. 385, (Skjöld. S., which is a paraphrase from an old lost poem); at margr missi heimkvámu í þeima styr, Sighvat, Hkr. iii. 40 (in a verse). heimkvámu-dagr, m. the day of coming home, νόστιμον ημαρ, Lex. Poët.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
heim-kváma
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "heim-kváma" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).