Heim-ván

Old Norse Dictionary - heim-ván

Meaning of Old Norse word "heim-ván"

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

Old Norse word heim-ván can mean:heim-ván

heim-ván
f. expectation of coming home; hann sagði sína heimván í efztu viku Föstu, Sturl. i. 25.
heim-ván
2. eccl. departure, Germ. ableben; þat get ek ekki merkja heimván þína, Fms. vii. 108, cp.l. vii. p. xiv. pref.; hann svaraði, mér lizt, herra, sem þér munið eigi lengi hér eptir þurfa at berjast við heiminn,—Biskup mælti, því er gott at taka, eg á góða heimvon, taken from Jón Halldórsson’s Lives of Bishops, referring to the death of Jón Vídalín (A. D. 1720).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
A. D.
Anno Domini.
cp.
compare.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
pref.
preface.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Fél.
Félags-rit.
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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