Heims-stýrir

Old Norse Dictionary - heims-stýrir

Meaning of Old Norse word "heims-stýrir"

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

heims-stýrir
m. the ruler of the world, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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