Huliðshjalmr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - huliðshjalmr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "huliðshjalmr" in Norwegian.

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

huliðshjalmr: huliðshjalmr, m. eg. Hjelm som gjør denusynlig, der bærer den paa sit Hoved (jvf Dm.3 432; gr. Il. 5,845; Preller gr. Myth.2 I, 622. II, 66;hvormed ogsaa kan sammenholdes gn. huldarhöttr, huldumaðr), men i Almin-delighed betegnes derved ethvert Trold-domsmiddel, som anvendtes til at gjøreen Person usynlig; Gríma hafði brugðithuliðshjalmi yfir hann, svá at mennmáttu ekki sjá hann Fbr. 345 jvf bráhöndum sínum yfir höfuð honum Flat. II, 15027; gerði Eyvindr (kelda) þeimhulizhjalma ok þokumyrkr svá mikit,at konungr ok lið hans skyldi eigimega sjá þá Flat. I, 3777; kerlinghafði ráð fyrir liði þeirra, ok hún hafðihuliðshjalm yfir skipinu meðan þaureru yfir fjörðinn Þorskf. 7228.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚢᛚᛁᚦᛋᚼᛁᛆᛚᛘᚱ
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:

eg.: egentlig.

f.: Feminin.

gn.: gammelnorsk.

gr.: græft.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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