Helmingr
Old Norse Dictionary - helmingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "helmingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word helmingr can mean:helmingr
- helmingr
- m. and helming, f., Grág. ii. 370; helfingr, Anecd. 102; helfuingr, D. I. i. 280, [hálfr]:—a half, Nj. 189, Fms. i. 22, Anecd. 102; at helmingi, by half, Nj. 98, Fms. vi. 183, Grág. i. 171, D. I. l. c.; skipta til helmingar, to share in two equal portions, Grág. ii. 370; or skipta í helminga, id., Fms. viii. 43.
- helmingr
- COMPDS: helmings-auki or helmingar-auki, a, m. a doubling, n. G. l. i. 328, Fms. viii. 270. helmings-ávöxtr, m. id., n. G. l. i. 328. helmingar-félag, n. a law term, a joint company with equal rights (e. g. between husband and wife), Nj. 3, Ld. 164, Sturl. ii. 83. helmings-kaup, n. a bargain by way of helmingarfélag; jörð er fallit hafði henni (the widow) í h. eptir Skapta bónda sinn, Dipl. v. 7.
- helmingr
- II. poët. a host, Lex. poët. passim, Edda (Gl.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᛘᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.