Rím-spillir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Rím-spillir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 rím-spillir

m. ‘calendar spoiler,’ ‘calendar confounder;’ a name given to the winters of those years in which the Elevatio Crucis (14th Sept.) falls on Sunday, if in the same summer an intercalary week is added (sumar-auki, q. v.), in which case the calendar of the winter becomes irregular, defined in Rb. 44 (ch. 27), see also Rb. (1812) 58.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᛘ-ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛚᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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