Gaumr
Old Norse Dictionary - gaumr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gaumr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gaumr
- m.; fem. gaum also occurs, góða, litla gaum, Hom. 33. 69, and so sometimes in mod. writers; [A. S. geâme and gymen, Ormul. gom]:—heed, attention; only used in the phrase, gefa gaum at e-u, to give heed to a thing, Nj. 57, Eg. 551, FmS. viii. 18, Hom. 69; var engi gaumr gefinn at því, Ó. H. 71, 116; gefa góða, litla (fem.) g. at e-u, Hom. l. c.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- fem.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- Ormul.
- Ormulum.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)