Hjóm
Old Norse Dictionary - hjóm
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjóm"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjóm
- n. [cp. Ulf. hjuhma = οχλος; akin to hé- in hégámi], any froth-like substance, e. g. the frothy film of half-thawed ice and water.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚢᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.