Faðm-byggvir
Old Norse Dictionary - faðm-byggvir
Meaning of Old Norse word "faðm-byggvir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- faðm-byggvir
- m., poët. a dweller in one’s arms, husband, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚦᛘ-ᛒᚢᚴᚴᚢᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.