Hömlu-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hömlu-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hömlu-maðr" (or hǫmlu-maðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hömlu-maðr (hǫmlu-maðr)
- m. a Norse term answering to Icel. há-seti, an oarsman, sailor, N. G. l. i. 99.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hömlu-maðr may be more accurately written as hǫmlu-maðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛘᛚᚢ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)