Þrumr
Old Norse Dictionary - þrumr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þrumr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þrumr
- m. a slow person, moper, Edda (Rask) 197, v. l. (for þumr): a nickname, Njarð. 364; cp. hann var þögull ok fálátr, því var hann kallaðr þrym-Ketill, Dropl, (major).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Njarð.
- Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)