Definitions
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
Runic Inscription
heim-ván
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "heim-ván" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).