Taumr
Old Norse Dictionary - taumrMeaning of Old Norse word "taumr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
taumr Old Norse word can mean:
- taumr
- m. [A. S. teâm = a line of descendants; Engl. team; Germ. zaum; Dan. tömme]:—a rein, bridle; leiða hest í taumi, MS. 4. 29, Fbr. 65 new Ed.; taumr hestsins var bundinn við hæl, FmS. vi. 234; þeir bera taum á ísinn, a cord for measuring, viii. 416; hón hafði höggorma at taumum, Edda 37; beils eðr tauma, Gþl. 359: of a ship, taumar ok stœðingar, 673. 60; ak-taumar (q. v.), n. G. l. ii. 283: metaph. phrases, ljá e-n tauma, to give it the rein, Mar.; leysa tauma síns valds, H. E. i. 501; ganga lítt í tauma, to go quietly in harness, i. e. to go straight, prove true, Nj. 20; gékk þat lítt í tauma er hón sagði, Þorf. Karl. 380; at mér akisk þetta eigi í tauma, id., FmS. xi. 121.
- taumr
- COMPDS: taumburðr, taumhestr, taumalag.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Þorf. Karl.
- Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)
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