Yrða

eimr

nafnorðkarlkyn
and eimi, a, [this word may be akin to âtam; athem; ethma, adema, omma; âdm,—a contracted form would be sounded eim; em; Norse æm, ]:—reek, vapour, from fire or embers, different to gufa, steam from boiling; eimr ok reykr, 58; e. ok aldrnari, vapour and fire, 57; eim hratt, vapour gushed out, (in a verse); eimr skaut hrími, the vapour sent forth soot, : when the poets ( Gl.) call fire eimr, this can only be in a metaphorical sense; the sword is called eimnir, reeking (with blood).
β. in usage eimr is also used of sound, a faint sound, tune; fyrir sönglistar sætan eim, 1. 4.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Fris.Frisian.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • poët.poetically.
  • mod.modern.
  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
  • Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Bb.Búnaðar-bálkr.