Feima
Old Norse Dictionary - feima
Meaning of Old Norse word "feima"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- feima
- u, f. [prob. of Gaelic origin, fjamh = fear, Armstrong], poët. a bashful girl, a young lass, in Edda 108, Gl., Rm. 22, Fms. xi. (in a verse of the year 994).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛁᛘᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)