Tóm

Old Norse Dictionary - tóm

Meaning of Old Norse word "tóm" in English.

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

tóm Old Norse word can mean:

tóm
n. emptiness, vacuity; jörðin var eyði og tóm, Gen. i. 2.
tóm
II. metaph. leisure = Lat. otium; þeir báðu hann gefa sér tóm til, at þeir hitti Aðalstein konung, Eg. 279; tóm er at klæðask, Bev.; gefa sér tóm til e-s, Hom. (St.); ljá e-m tóms, Ld. 276; Aron kvað nú eigi tóm at því, there was no time (leisure) for that, Sturl. ii. 69; ok væri lengra tóm til gefit, Fms. xi. 27; sá er úrækir langt tóm, 656 C. 34:—with prepp., the phrase, í tómi, at leisure, Fs. 105, Gullþ. 18, Eb. 256, Fms. ii. 261; leika við e-t í tómi, Fms. vi. 152, O. H. l. 22; hann kallaði ákaft en þau bjoggusk í tómi, Fms. x. 216; af tómi, by and bye, Nj. 18, Fs. 24; í góðu, ærnu tómi, in good, full leisure, Fms. viii. 88, Fb. i. 196.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v.
vide.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Bev.
Bevus Saga. (G. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
O. H. L.
Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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