Vind-hjálmr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vind-hjálmr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 vind-hjálmr

m. ‘wind-helmet,’ i. e. the sky; vindhjalms-brú, the ‘wind-helm-bridge,’ i. e. the rainbow, Hkv. 2. 47.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᚾᛏ-ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛘᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

i. e.
id est.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

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