Hauðr-fjörnir

Old Norse Dictionary - hauðr-fjörnir

Meaning of Old Norse word "hauðr-fjörnir" (or hauðr-fjǫrnir) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hauðr-fjörnir (hauðr-fjǫrnir): m., -tjald, n. the helmet, tent of the earth, i. e. the heaven, Lex. Poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hauðr-fjörnir may be more accurately written as hauðr-fjǫrnir.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᚦᚱ-ᚠᛁᚢᚱᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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