Lómundr
Old Norse Dictionary - lómundr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lómundr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lómundr
- m., pl. ir, [Ivar Aascn lemende and lomhund; Swed. lemmel]:—the mus lemmus, lemmer; kvikendi þau er locustae heita ok sumir kalla lómundi, Pr. 436, (the Icel. writer has here confounded the lemmer with the locust.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛘᚢᚾᛏᚱ
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.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- Swed.
- Swedish.