Hauðr-fjörnir
Old Norse Dictionary - hauðr-fjörnir
Meaning of Old Norse word "hauðr-fjörnir" (or hauðr-fjǫrnir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hauðr-fjörnir (hauðr-fjǫrnir)
- m., -tjald, n. the helmet, tent of the earth, i. e. the heaven, Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hauðr-fjörnir may be more accurately written as hauðr-fjǫrnir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᚦᚱ-ᚠᛁᚢᚱᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.