Hvarmr

Old Norse Dictionary - hvarmr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvarmr" in English.

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

hvarmr Old Norse word can mean:

hvarmr: m. the eyelid; brá eða brúna, hvarma ok ennis, Edda ii. 499, Róm. 326; hann þenr upp hvarmana, Stj. 475, 1 Sam. xxi. 13; hann let leggja lit í augu sér ok sneri um á sér hvörmunum, Fs. 98; þá skauzt hællinn af auga-steininum ok sleit af honum hvarminn, síðan tók Einarr hvarminn með hendi sinni, ok sá at auga-steinninn var þar, Hkr. iii. 365; greri ör hvítt á hvarmi hvárum-tveggja, 367; utan á hvarmana, 655 xxx. 4: in the poets the eye is called stjörnur, tungl, geisli hvarma, the stars, moon, beam of the h.: tears are hrynregn hvarma: eyelashes, skogr hvarma etc., Lex. Poët.

hvarmr: COMPDS: hvarmrauðr, hvarmskógr, hvarmtengr, hvarmrþeyr.

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

Abbreviations used:

etc.: et cetera.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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

Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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