Höm

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höm

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höm" (or hǫm) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

höm (hǫm): höm, f. (G. hamar) Laar (paa Dyr, t. hamme DWb. IV, 2, 5443, SchmellerII, 19122 fgg , eng. ham, medens ags.hamma er = lat. poples, suffragoWright-Wülcker I, 16012 fg. 26542 fg. 292og saaledes i Betydning falder sammenmed Folkespr. hombot, homsbot Aasen298, hvis sidste Del bot forekommer ign. knésbót, ölbogabót; Afledninger af höm ere hemingr, hömungr); risu hest-arnir hátt upp (under Hestekampen),Grettir hljóp undir hömina á hestisínum Grett. 6917; hann sneri undan-, þá hjó H. eptir honum ok náðieigi til hans, ok kom (nl. höggit) áhömina hestinum, svá at hann féllundir honum Klm. 12436.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, höm may be more accurately written as hǫm.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛘ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

eng.: engels.

f.: Feminin.

fg.: følgende.

G.: Genitiv.

gn.: gammelnorsk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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