Lómr
Old Norse Dictionary - lómr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lómr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lómr can mean:lómr
- lómr
- m. [Shetl. loom], the loon, ember-goose, columbus arcticus, Edda (Gl.), Eggert Itin.; metaph. from the cry of these birds, a cry, lamentation; cp. bar-lómr: in local names, Lóma-gnúpr, Nj.
- lómr
- II. meanness; lómi beittr, Ýt.; ala lóm, Hallfred.
- lómr
- COMPDS: lómbragð, lómgeðr, lómhugaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)