Heimska
Old Norse Dictionary - heimska
Meaning of Old Norse word "heimska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word heimska can mean:heimska
- heimska
- 1. u, f. folly, Am. 83, Fbr. 142, Fms. ii. 156, Ó. H. 109, Anal. 246, passim.
- heimska
- COMPDS: heimskuliga, heimskuligr, heimskutal, heimskuverk.
- heimska
- 2. að, to mock one, 656 C. 35, H. E. i. 505 (impers.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᛘᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Anal.
- Analecta. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)