Rimma
Old Norse Dictionary - rimma
Meaning of Old Norse word "rimma"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rimma
- u, f. a battle, tumult, fray; í þeirri rimmu ráku þeir Símon á braut, Clem. 37; í þeirri rimmu fékk hann fjögur sár, Sturl. iii. 30, Lex. Poët., freq. in mod. usage; ógna-hörð var r., Úlf. 7. 96. Rimmu-gýgr, f. ‘battle-ogre,’ the name of Skarpheðin’s battle-axe, Nj.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛘᛘᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Úlf.
- Úlfars-rímur.