Þruma
Old Norse Dictionary - þrumaMeaning of Old Norse word "þruma" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
þruma Old Norse word can mean:
- þruma
- 1. u, f. [þrymja; Grimm thinks this word akin to Germ. donner, by metathesis of r, and change of n into m]:—a clap of thunder; því næst sá hann eldingar ok heyrði þrumur stórar, Edda 58; þrumur ok eldingar, Stj. 287; reiði-þruma (q. v.), a clap of thunder.
- þruma
- COMPDS: þrumusteinn, þrumuveðr.
- þruma
- 2. pres. þrumi; pret. þrumði, þrumað:—to mope, tarry, stay behind, loiter: ó-mennis-hegri sá er yfir ölðrum þrumir, Hm. 12; kópir afglapi, þylsk hann um eða þrumir, mopes, 16; ok nái hann þurrfjallr þruma, 29.
- þruma
- 2. of a place or thing, to stand or sit fast; þar Valhöll víð of þrumir, stands rooted, Gm. 8; grýtt grund þumir um honum, the stony earth lies heavy on him, of one buried, Orkn. (in a verse); seglum hennar er á þráreipum þruma, Sól. 77; þruma á bjargi, to sit unmoved on the rock, Fsm. 35; flaustr of þrumði í blóði, she rode in blood, of a ship, Höfuðl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᛘᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)