Vermsl

Old Norse Dictionary - vermsl

Meaning of Old Norse word "vermsl" in English.

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

vermsl
n. [vesl, Ivar Aasen], a spring that never freezes; at hón hafi lagizk af vermslum nökkurum at drekka, Fms. vi. 350: hence the mod. Icel. kalda-vesla, qs. kalda-vermsl, ‘cold-warm,’ of wells that do not freeze all the winter, although icy-cold.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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