Yrmt
Old Norse Dictionary - yrmt
Meaning of Old Norse word "yrmt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- yrmt
- adj. n. swarming, like a brood of snakes or maggots: svá var yrmt fyrir á landinn af umsátum Hákonar, Mork. 92 (Fb. iii. 376); hér er víða yrmt (swarming with vermin), ok ætla ek hón muni hafa sólgit yrmling nokkurn lítinn, Fb. iii. 355.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᛘᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)