Ham-vátr

Old Norse Dictionary - ham-vátr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ham-vátr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ham-vátr
adj. skin-wet, i. e. drowned, Landn. (in a verse): freq. in foreign, Saxon, and Germ. pr. names and local names;

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛘ-ᚢᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ.
German.
i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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