Man-heimar

Significato della parola Old Norse "man-heimar"

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

man-heimar

m. pl. (thus pronounced on the spot, not Mann-heimar, as it is often spelt), the name of a farm in western Icel.; the local legend attributes the name to English captives kept there by lady Olöf, for having slain her husband, during the English trade (1467). But at that time the word man had become quite obsolete, and so the name must be older, prob. dating from the time of the first settler Geirmund, who had been a freebooter in the British waters before he came to Icel.; he may have had his household of bondmen at this farm, see Safn i. 353 (foot-note).

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