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. Fél. 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.)