Ýmir

Old Norse Dictionary - ýmir

Meaning of Old Norse word "ýmir" in English.

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

ýmir: m. the name of the huge giant of the Northern cosmogony, Vsp., Edda; Ýmis-blóð, the blood of Y. = the sea; Ýmis-hauss, the skull of Y., i. e. the heaven; Ýmis-hold, the flesh of Y., i. e. the earth, Edda (in a verse), Gm., Vþm.; Ýmis-niðjar, the giants, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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