Málmr
Old Norse Dictionary - málmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "málmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word málmr can mean:málmr
- málmr
- m. (prop. malmr); [Ulf. malma = ἄμμος; A. S. mealm, mealm-stân = sandstone; Hel. melm = pulvis; from mala = to grind; cp. Germ. zer-malmen]:—originally sand, as in the Goth. and A. S., but only remaining in local names, as Málm-haugar = Malmö in Sweden.
- málmr
- II. metal, SkS. 14, 162, FmS. v. 343, 344, x. 284, Rb. 318. Stj. 45, 508, BS. i. 134, passim in old and mod. usage; in the earliest poets chiefly of gold, höfgan málm, the heavy metal, gold, Sighvat; skírr málmr, the bright metal. Akv.; málma fergir, a gold giver, a prince, Lex. Poët.; Gníta heiðar-m., gold, Edda; Rínar rauð-m., the red metal of the Rhine, gold, Bm.: of iron, weapons (?), þar er málmar brustu, Hallfred; Gota-m., the ore of the Goths. armour, FaS. i. 439 (in a verse); Húnlenzkr m., armour, weapons (?), Hornklofi; Vala-m., Welsh or foreign ore, treasures, FaS. iii. (in a verse): the battle is málma-skúr, -galdr, -hjaldr; as also málm-flaug, -dynr, -hríð, -regn, -róg, -þing, -þrima, = a clash of weapons: málm-gautr, -Óðinn, -rjóðr, -runnr, = a warrior, see Lex. Poët.
- málmr
- COMPDS: málmhlið, málmlogi, málmpottr, málmæðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- mod.
- modern.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bm.
- Bjarka-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)