Vermsl
Old Norse Dictionary - vermsl
Meaning of Old Norse word "vermsl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vermsl
- n. [vesl, Ivar Aasen], a spring that never freezes; at hón hafi lagizk af vermslum nökkurum at drekka, Fms. vi. 350: hence the mod. Icel. kalda-vesla, qs. kalda-vermsl, ‘cold-warm,’ of wells that do not freeze all the winter, although icy-cold.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᛘᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.