Heim-sókn
Old Norse Dictionary - heim-sókn
Meaning of Old Norse word "heim-sókn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word heim-sókn can mean:heim-sókn
- heim-sókn
- f. [cp. Scot. hamesucken], an inroad or attack on one’s home, Nj. 197, Fms. iii. 23, vii. 299.
- heim-sókn
- COMPDS: heimsóknarvargr, heimsóknarvitni.
- heim-sókn
- II. a visit, Sturl. i. 72.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᛘ-ᛋᚢᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)