Ný-næmi

Old Norse Dictionary - ný-næmi

Meaning of Old Norse word "ný-næmi" in English.

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

ný-næmi
n. [nema], a novelty; þat varð til nýnæmis, at …, Ísl. ii. 337; tíðindi þykkja n. öll, Ó. H. 150; óll n. stór ok smá, Lv. 43; af þeim nýnæmum fýstusk fjöldi manna í Noregi til þeirrar ferðar, Fms. vii. 74, Róm. 285, 293 (rendering of the Lat. res novae):—a new dish, not hitherto seen on the table, það er nýnæmi, (mod.)

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
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