Undir-heimar
Old Norse Dictionary - undir-heimar
Meaning of Old Norse word "undir-heimar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word undir-heimar can mean:undir-heimar
- undir-heimar
- m. pl. the nether world, the realm below, Fms. iii. 178, Fas. iii. 391.
- undir-heimar
- 2. in Icel. undirheimar is a name given to the lower beach between a reef of rocks and the sea; fara ofan í undirheima, hann er niðri í undirheimum.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏᛁᚱ-ᚼᛁᛁᛘᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)