Ýmir
Old Norse Dictionary - ýmir
Meaning of Old Norse word "ýmir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ýmir
- m. the name of the huge giant of the Northern cosmogony, Vsp., Edda; Ýmis-blóð, the blood of Y. = the sea; Ýmis-hauss, the skull of Y., i. e. the heaven; Ýmis-hold, the flesh of Y., i. e. the earth, Edda (in a verse), Gm., Vþm.; Ýmis-niðjar, the giants, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)