Drómundr
Old Norse Dictionary - drómundr
Meaning of Old Norse word "drómundr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- drómundr
- m. a kind of ship of war (for. word), [Gr. δρόμων; mid. Lat. dromon; O. H. G. drahemond], Orkn. 358 sqq., Fms. vii. 3: a nickname, Grett.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᚢᛘᚢᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- for.
- foreign.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)