Hjálm
Old Norse Dictionary - hjálm
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjálm"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjálm
- f. [A. S. healme; Engl. helm], a helm, rudder; hjálmar-skíð, n. the tiller, Korm. (in a verse); otherwise only occurring in hjálmar-völr and hjálmur-völr (q. v.), m. = hjálm-völr, q. v., n. G. l. ii. 283, v. l.: Hjálmar-dalr, m. a local name, Orkn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)