Heim-kváma

Old Norse Dictionary - heim-kváma

Meaning of Old Norse word "heim-kváma" in English.

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

heim-kváma: (heim-koma), u, f. return home, FmS. i. 290, Sturl. i. 213: the phrase, missa heimkvámu, to miss one’s return, be slain in foreign parts, answering to ἀπολέσαι νόστιμον ημαρ, Od.; misti þar margr maðr heimkvámu, FaS. i. 385, (Skjöld. S., which is a paraphrase from an old lost poem); at margr missi heimkvámu í þeima styr, Sighvat, Hkr. iii. 40 (in a verse). heimkvámu-dagr, m. the day of coming home, νόστιμον ημαρ, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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

Od.: Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

Skjöld.: Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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