Húm

Old Norse Dictionary - húm

Meaning of Old Norse word "húm" in English.

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

húm Old Norse word can mean:

húm: n., poët. the sea, from its dusky colour; salt húm, the salt sea, Lex. poët., Edda (Gl.), also in poët. compds.

húm: II. in prose, twilight, dusk; um kveldit í húmi, Fb. iii. 333; en húm var á mikit, Fas. ii. 284, Grett. (in a verse); í húminu, in the dusk of evening, Gísl. 138, Thom. 308: of the grey dusk in the morning, Fms. vi. 284; hence comes prob. the mod. phrase, að koma, fara í humótt (hámóti) á eptir, to lag behind, sneak behind another. humóttu-legr, adj. sneaking and ashamed.

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

Abbreviations used:

compds.: compounds.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

adj.: adjective.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

prob.: probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

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