Járn-smiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - járn-smiðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "járn-smiðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- járn-smiðr
- m. a blacksmith, Eg. 141, Landn. 118, Fms. vi. 361, Stj. 451: metaph. a black insect, so called as opp. to gullsmiðr, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚱᚾ-ᛋᛘᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)