Hilmir
Old Norse Dictionary - hilmir
Meaning of Old Norse word "hilmir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hilmir
- m., poët., prop. a helmsman, whence a ruler, king, Ýt., Hkv., Lex. poët. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᛘᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.