Spá-mær

Old Norse Dictionary - spá-mær

Meaning of Old Norse word "spá-mær" in English.

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

spá-mær: f. = spákona, Eb. (in a verse); in Norway spaa-möy is a knuckle in a cow’s foot (the same double sense as in Icel. vala?), used in the game of playing the wizard or prophet, Ivar Aasen.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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