Spá-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - spá-maðrMeaning of Old Norse word "spá-maðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
spá-maðr Old Norse word can mean:
- spá-maðr
- m. a ‘spae-man,’ soothsayer, prophet, Fms. i. 145; Chalkas s., Al. 52; ek á uxa þann er ek kalla spámann. því at hann er spakari, en flest önnur naut, Fms. ii. 193; spámenn, galdramenn, H. E. i. 522; seiðmaðr, þat er s., Fms. x. 378.
- spá-maðr
- 2. esp. in a Biblical sense; Guðs spámaðr, Sks. 690, Stj. 6; fyrir munn Davíðs spámanns, Bs. i. 265; Lög ok Spámanns, the Law and the Prophets, Niðrst. 8: passim in the Icel. Bible, spámanns orð, the words of the prophet, Bs. i. 728, Hom. 105, n. T., Pass., Vídal., passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛅ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- esp.
- especially.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
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