Hólmr
Old Norse Dictionary - hólmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hólmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hólmr can mean:hólmr
- hólmr
- prop. holmr, also hólmi, a, m. [A. S. holm; North. E. holm and houm]:—a holm, islet, esp. in a bay, creek, lake, or river; even meadows on the shore with ditches behind them are in Icel. called holms, Haustl. 18, Hkv. Hjörv. 8, Vkv. 38, FmS. vi. 217, Hkr. i. 254, Sd. 181; í vatninu er einn hólmi reyri vaxinn, FmS. i. 71; undir einn hólma, FaS. ii. 535; uppi á hólmanum, Orkn. 402.
- hólmr
- β. referring to the hólmganga (q. v.), Dropl. 36; falla á hólmi, to fall in a duel, Landn. 80; skora e-m á hólm, to challenge one, Nj. 15, passim; ganga á hólm, to fight a wager of battle; skulu vit berjask í hólma þeim er hér er í Öxará, Nj. 36; leysa sik af hólmi, to release oneself off the holm, viz. the vanquished party had to pay the ransom stipulated in the hólmgöngu-lög, Glúm. passim.
- hólmr
- II. freq. in local names, Borgundar-hólmr, Hólmr, Hólmar, Landn.; Hólm-garðr, the county of Russia bordering on the lakes Ladoga, etc.: Hólm-rygir, m. pl. a people in western Norway: pr. names of men, Hólm-kell, Hólm-fastr, Hólm-steinn; of women, Hólm-fríðr, etc., Landn.
- hólmr
- COMPDS: Hólmbúar, Hólmdælir, hólmfærr.
- hólmr
- COMPDS: hólmganga, hólmhringr, hólmlausn, hólmstaðr, hólmstefna, hólmsverð, hólmsök, hólmfjöturr, hólmleggr, hólmnegldr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- esp.
- especially.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- viz.
- namely.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)