Faðmr
Old Norse Dictionary - faðmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "faðmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word faðmr can mean:faðmr
- faðmr
- m. [cp. Goth. faþa = φραγμός; A. S. fæðem; Engl. fathom; O. H. G. fadam; Germ. faden or fadem = Lat. filum; Dan. favn; Swed. famn; the root is akin to that of Gr. πετάννυμι, cp. Lat. patere, pandere, prop. to stretch out]:—a fathom:
- faðmr
- 1. a measure = two passus, Hb. 732. 5, Grág. ii. 262, 336, Landn. 35, 131, FmS. viii. 416, Eluc. 43, Gísl. 14; very freq. used in measuring depths or heights; thus fertugt djúp, þrítugr hamarr, etc. invariably means forty fathoms deep, thirty fathoms high; whereas roads are measured by ‘fet’, stuffs, etc. by ‘ells’.
- faðmr
- 2. the arms; brjóst ok f., FmS. v. 344, Sturl. i. 214, Rm. 16, Th. 9, Am. 73; sofa í faðmi e-m, to sleep in one’s arms, Hm. 114; hafa barn í faðmi, FmS. vii. 31: the bosom, Stj. 260. Exod. iv. 6: often in the phrase, fallask í faðma, to square one thing with another, set off against, Landn. 307, Orkn. 224, Glúm. 396, BS. i. 696, FS. 139, Gullþ. 19.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚦᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- f.
- feminine.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)