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.

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