Heim-ván

Old Norse Dictionary - heim-ván

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

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

heim-ván Old Norse word can mean:

heim-ván: f. expectation of coming home; hann sagði sína heimván í efztu viku Föstu, Sturl. i. 25.

heim-ván: 2. eccl. departure, Germ. ableben; þat get ek ekki merkja heimván þína, Fms. vii. 108, cp. Fél. vii. p. xiv. pref.; hann svaraði, mér lizt, herra, sem þér munið eigi lengi hér eptir þurfa at berjast við heiminn,—Biskup mælti, því er gott at taka, eg á góða heimvon, taken from Jón Halldórsson’s Lives of Bishops, referring to the death of Jón Vídalín (A. D. 1720).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

A. D.: Anno Domini.

cp.: compare.

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

pref.: preface.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fél.: Félags-rit.

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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