Kremja
Old Norse Dictionary - kremja
Meaning of Old Norse word "kremja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kremja
- pres. kom, pl. kremjum; pret. kramði; part. kramiðr, kramdr, kraminn; [mid. H. G. krimme; see kröm, kramr]:—to squeeze, bruise; hann kramði hold af beinum, Fas. iii. 348, passim,—esp. of berries, grapes, or juicy things:—reflex. to be pinched, to pine, from a wasting sickness, margir krömðusk lengi þeir er lifðu, Fms. viii. 443; eitt sinn kom þar sótt mikil á bæ þeirra, ok krömðust margir lengi, Ísl. ii. 274.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛘᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)