Eim-yrja
Old Norse Dictionary - eim-yrja
Meaning of Old Norse word "eim-yrja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- eim-yrja
- u, f. [Dan. æmmer; Ivar Aasen eimor], embers; in allit. phrases, eldr ok e., Fms. iii. 180, Fas. ii. 75 (in a verse), or eisa ok e.; hann var borinn í eimyrju, Greg. 57; akin to eimr, qs. eim-myrja, a quantity of eimr, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᛘ-ᚢᚱᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- lit.
- literally.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.