Áma

Significato della parola Old Norse "áma"

Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:

La parola Old Norse áma può significare:áma

áma

u, f. (and ámu-sótt, f.) erysipelas, Sturl. ii. 116; in common talk corrupted into heimakona or heimakoma.

áma

2. poët. a giantess, Edda (Gl.); hence the play of words in the saying, gengin er gygr or fæti en harðsperra aptr komin, gone is the giantess (erysipelas), but a worse (sceloturbe) has come after.

áma

3. a tub, awme, Germ. ahm.

áma

4. in Norse mod. dialects the larva is called aama (v. Ivar Aasen); and ámu-maðkr, spelt ánu-maðkr, a kind of maggot, lumbricus terrestris, is probably rightly referred to this. Fél. ix. states that it has this name from its being used to cure erysipelas.

Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᛅᛘᛅ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero