Heim-nár
Old Norse Dictionary - heim-nár
Meaning of Old Norse word "heim-nár"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- heim-nár
- m. a law term, ‘home-corpse,’ thus defined, sá maðr heitir h. er dreginn er til stokks eða til stumns (= stofns) ok höggnar af bæði hendr ok fætr, en um þat verk verða þrír menn útlagir nema hann vili færum kenna, N. G. L. ii. 506; cp. gálgnár etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᛘ-ᚾᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)