Mar-álmr
Old Norse Dictionary - mar-álmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mar-álmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mar-álmr
- m., qs. marhálmr, ‘sea-straw,’ sea-grass, Bs. i. 594: cp. Hjalt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱ-ᛅᛚᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.