Ham-vátr
Old Norse Dictionary - ham-vátrMeaning of Old Norse word "ham-vátr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ham-vátr
- adj. skin-wet, i. e. drowned, Landn. (in a verse): freq. in foreign, Saxon, and Germ. pr. names and local names;
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛘ-ᚢᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)