Tamr
Old Norse Dictionary - tamr
Meaning of Old Norse word "tamr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tamr can mean:tamr
- tamr
- töm, tamt, adj.; [A. S. tam; Engl. tame; O. H. G. zam, etc.; see temja]:—used in Icel. mostly in the sense of ready; þat varð tamast sem í æskunni hafði numit, Grett. 150; allskonar leikar er tíðir ok tamir vóru, Karl. 482; emk-at ek tamr at samna skrökvi, Ó. H. (in a verse); víg-tamr, val-tamr, Veg-tamr, gang-tamr, ready for, used to…, Lex. Poët.
- tamr
- 2. = tamiðr, tame, of a colt; ílla tamr, Hm. 89; ú-tamr, untamed, wild. tams-vöndr, m. a taming-wand, Skm. 26.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)