Hvarmr
Old Norse Dictionary - hvarmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvarmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hvarmr can mean:hvarmr
- hvarmr
- m. the eyelid; brá eða brúna, hvarma ok ennis, Edda ii. 499, Róm. 326; hann þenr upp hvarmana, Stj. 475, 1 Sam. xxi. 13; hann let leggja lit í augu sér ok sneri um á sér hvörmunum, Fs. 98; þá skauzt hællinn af auga-steininum ok sleit af honum hvarminn, síðan tók Einarr hvarminn með hendi sinni, ok sá at auga-steinninn var þar, Hkr. iii. 365; greri ör hvítt á hvarmi hvárum-tveggja, 367; utan á hvarmana, 655 xxx. 4: in the poets the eye is called stjörnur, tungl, geisli hvarma, the stars, moon, beam of the h.: tears are hrynregn hvarma: eyelashes, skogr hvarma etc., Lex. Poët.
- hvarmr
- COMPDS: hvarmrauðr, hvarmskógr, hvarmtengr, hvarmrþeyr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᚱᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)