Frumsa
Old Norse Dictionary - frumsa
Meaning of Old Norse word "frumsa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frumsa
- n., is said to mean a lump on the forehead of new-born foals, Gr. ἱππομανές, which was used as a love-spell, cp. Virg. Aeneid. iv. 515, 516.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᚢᛘᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.