SEIMR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SEIMR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SEIMR

m. [síma], a wire or string; draga seiminn, to drawl out one’s words, i. e. talk with a canting voice.

2 SEIMR

II. riches; en hvorki gull né seim, Pass. 36. 5; bjartan seim, Fb. ii. 523 (in a verse); rautt gull er s., Þjal.; seims ok hnossa, Edda (Ht.); seima-þollr, seim-skerðir, seima-slöngvir, seim-brjótr, seim-örr, seim-stafr, seim-týnir, seim-þverrir, etc. are epithets of a lordly man, lavish of gold, Lex. Poët.

3 SEIMR

III. a honeycomb, prop. ‘honey-texture’ (cp. Germ. wabe from weben = to weave); hón rétti fram höndina ok tók upp seiminn, Stj. 210; sætari en hunang eða s., Bs. i. 103; sætligan seim, 240; hunanglegr s., Th. 77; hunangs-s., q. v.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᛁᛘᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
etc.
et cetera.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Þjal.
Þjalar-Jóns Saga. (G. III.)

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