Bjarmi
Old Norse Dictionary - bjarmi
Meaning of Old Norse word "bjarmi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bjarmi can mean:bjarmi
- bjarmi
- a, m. the beaming or radiance of light, not the light itself; sólar-bjarmi, dags-bjarmi; very freq. in mod. usage; no instances from old writers are on record; akin to brími, bjartr, etc.
- bjarmi
- II. pl. Bjarmar (and Bjarmaland n., bjarmskr adj.), name of a people or tribe of the Russian empire, the Perms of the present day; vide K. Alfred’s Orosius i. 1, 14 sq., Ó. H. ch. 122, Fas. ii. 511 sqq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛅᚱᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- adj.
- adjective.
- ch.
- chapter.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)