Seimr

Old Norse Dictionary - seimr

Meaning of Old Norse word "seimr" in English.

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

seimr Old Norse word can mean:

seimr
m. [síma], a wire or string; draga seiminn, to drawl out one’s words, i. e. talk with a canting voice.
seimr
II. riches; en hvorki gull né seim, Pass. 36. 5; bjartan seim, Fb. ii. 523 (in a verse); rautt gull er s., Þjal.; seims ok hnossa, Edda (Ht.); seima-þollr, seim-skerðir, seima-slöngvir, seim-brjótr, seim-örr, seim-stafr, seim-týnir, seim-þverrir, etc. are epithets of a lordly man, lavish of gold, Lex. Poët.
seimr
III. a honeycomb, prop. ‘honey-texture’ (cp. Germ. wabe from weben = to weave); hón rétti fram höndina ok tók upp seiminn, Stj. 210; sætari en hunang eða s., Bs. i. 103; sætligan seim, 240; hunanglegr s., Th. 77; hunangs-s., q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
etc.
et cetera.
l.
line.
cp.
compare.
Germ.
German.
prop.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Þjal.
Þjalar-Jóns Saga. (G. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
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