Hemingr

Old Norse Dictionary - hemingr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hemingr" in English.

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

hemingr Old Norse word can mean:

hemingr: m. (hömungr, n. G. L. ii. 511), [höm = a shank], the skin of the shanks of a hide; eigi vilda ek sjá þá húð er þú ert einn h. af, Fb. iii. 405; in n. G. L. i. 208 referring to a curious old ceremony of adoption:—the adopted son himself and his nearest heirs were to put their feet into a shoe made from the skin of the right leg of a three years old ox, cp. Ruth iv. 7, and Deut. xxv. 9.

hemingr: II. a pr. name, Fb. iii, prob. derived from this mode of adoption.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

prob.: probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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