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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