Flaumr
Old Norse Dictionary - flaumr
Meaning of Old Norse word "flaumr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flaumr can mean:flaumr
- flaumr
- m. [Norse flom; A. S. fleam; Dutch. fleem]
- flaumr
- 1. an eddy, BS. ii. 5: poët. the din of battle, hildar f., göndlar f., Lex. poët.
- flaumr
- 2. metaph. a bevy, crowd; kvenna f., a bevy of ladies, FS. (Hallfred): in the phrase, nema e-n flaumi, to bereave one of company and glee, Jd. 5, Ísl. ii. 252 (in a verse); flaums felli-dómr, the hasty judgment of a crowd, (Sighvat).
- flaumr
- COMPDS: flaumsemi, flaumslit.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᚢᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- f.
- feminine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- lit.
- literally.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Jd.
- Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)