Höm
Old Norse Dictionary - höm
Meaning of Old Norse word "höm" (or hǫm)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höm (hǫm)
- f., gen. hamar, [A. S. and Engl. ham], the ham or haunch of a horse; Grettir hljóp undir hömina á hesti sínum, Grett. 108; kom á hömina hestinum, Karl. 124; skjóta þeir upp höminni allir í senn, Od. xiii. 83; standa í höm = hama, q. v., of horses in a tempest.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höm may be more accurately written as hǫm.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛘ
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.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.