Heim-kváma

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Heim-kváma

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᚼᛁᛁᛘ-ᚴᚢᛅᛘᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
part
participle.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
Skjöld.
Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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