Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hemingr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 definitions

1 hemingr

m. (hömungr, N. G. L. ii. 511), [höm = a shank], the skin of the shanks of a hide; eigi vilda ek sjá þá húð er þú ert einn h. af, Fb. iii. 405; in N. G. L. i. 208 referring to a curious old ceremony of adoption:—the adopted son himself and his nearest heirs were to put their feet into a shoe made from the skin of the right leg of a three years old ox, cp. Ruth iv. 7, and Deut. xxv. 9.

2 hemingr

II. a pr. name, Fb. iii, prob. derived from this mode of adoption.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

hemingr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pr.: proper.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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