Beimar
Old Norse Dictionary - beimar
Meaning of Old Norse word "beimar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- beimar
- m. pl. [etym. uncertain], poët. men, heroes, the followers of king Beimi, according to Edda 109; it is more likely that it is a relation to Engl. beam, beaming, and means illustrious, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛁᛘᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- etym.
- etymology.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.