Járn-smiðr

Old Norse Dictionary - járn-smiðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "járn-smiðr" in English.

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

járn-smiðr
m. a blacksmith, Eg. 141, Landn. 118, Fms. vi. 361, Stj. 451: metaph. a black insect, so called as opp. to gullsmiðr, q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
opp.
opposed.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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