HÓLMR

Definitions

1 HÓLMR

prop. holmr, also hólmi, a, m. [A. S. holm; North. E. holm and houm]:—a holm, islet, esp. in a bay, creek, lake, or river; even meadows on the shore with ditches behind them are in Icel. called holms, Haustl. 18, Hkv. Hjörv. 8, Vkv. 38, Fms. vi. 217, Hkr. i. 254, Sd. 181; í vatninu er einn hólmi reyri vaxinn, Fms. i. 71; undir einn hólma, Fas. ii. 535; uppi á hólmanum, Orkn. 402.

2 HÓLMR

β. referring to the hólmganga (q. v.), Dropl. 36; falla á hólmi, to fall in a duel, Landn. 80; skora e-m á hólm, to challenge one, Nj. 15, passim; ganga á hólm, to fight a wager of battle; skulu vit berjask í hólma þeim er hér er í Öxará, Nj. 36; leysa sik af hólmi, to release oneself off the holm, viz. the vanquished party had to pay the ransom stipulated in the hólmgöngu-lög, Glúm. passim.

3 HÓLMR

II. freq. in local names, Borgundar-hólmr, Hólmr, Hólmar, Landn.; Hólm-garðr, the county of Russia bordering on the lakes Ladoga, etc.: Hólm-rygir, m. pl. a people in western Norway: pr. names of men, Hólm-kell, Hólm-fastr, Hólm-steinn; of women, Hólm-fríðr, etc., Landn.

4 HÓLMR

COMPDS: Hólmbúar, Hólmdælir, hólmfærr.

5 HÓLMR

COMPDS: hólmganga, hólmhringr, hólmlausn, hólmstaðr, hólmstefna, hólmsverð, hólmsök, hólmfjöturr, hólmleggr, hólmnegldr.

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
etc.: et cetera.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
gl: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
neg: negative, negatively.
North. E.: Northern English.
p.: page.
part: participle.
pl.: plural.
pr.: proper.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.
viz: videlicet.
viz.: videlicet.

Works & Authors

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hkv. Hjörv.: Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

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