Heim-speki

Old Norse Dictionary - heim-speki

Meaning of Old Norse word "heim-speki"

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

heim-speki
f. philosophy, Col. ii. 8; and heim-spekingr, m. a philosopher, now freq. and prob. formed in the 16th century from the Germ. welt-weisheit; a poem Heimspekinga-skóli exists, written at the end of the 17th century.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
prob.
probably.

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