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.)
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