Víð-faðmr
Old Norse Dictionary - víð-faðmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "víð-faðmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- víð-faðmr
- adj. wide-fathoming; víðfaðmara ríki, FmS. v. 344; víðfaðmi, nickname of an ancient conqueror (the Danish king Ivarr Víðfaðmi), Skjöld. S., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᚠᛅᚦᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Skjöld.
- Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)