Heim-ván

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Heim-ván

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 heim-ván

f. expectation of coming home; hann sagði sína heimván í efztu viku Föstu, Sturl. i. 25.

2 heim-ván

2. eccl. departure, Germ. ableben; þat get ek ekki merkja heimván þína, Fms. vii. 108, cp. Fél. vii. p. xiv. pref.; hann svaraði, mér lizt, herra, sem þér munið eigi lengi hér eptir þurfa at berjast við heiminn,—Biskup mælti, því er gott at taka, eg á góða heimvon, taken from Jón Halldórsson’s Lives of Bishops, referring to the death of Jón Vídalín (A. D. 1720).

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᛁᛘ-ᚢᛅᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.
Anno Domini.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
eccl
ecclesiastical.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
f.
feminine.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
part
participle.
pref.
preface.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fél.
Félags-rit.
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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