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heimr

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[ heimos ( ) = κώμη; hâm; Eng. home, and in local names -ham; haim; heim; hjem; hem]:— an abode, village, and hence land, region, world:
I. abode, land,
1. partly in a sense, each heimr being peopled with one kind of beings, gods, fairies, men, giants, ; níu man ek heima, I remember nine abodes, 2, and also 9 , 45, refer to the conception of nine heavens, nine kinds of beings, and nine abodes, Goð-heimr, God-land, , ; Mann-heimar, Man-land, the abode of men, ; Jötun-heimar, Giant-land; Álf-heimr, Elf-land, Fairy-land; Nifl-heimr, Mist-land, the world below, , ; Undir-heimar, the nether world, iii. 178, iii. 391; Upp-heimr, the ‘Up-land,’ Ether, 13; also Sól-heimar, ‘Sun-ham,’ Sunniside, as a local name, ; vind-h., ‘wind-ham,’ the heaven, 62; sá heimr er Múspell heitir, 3; heyrir blástr hans í alla heima, 17: the phrase, spyrja einn í alla heima, to ask one freely; er slíkt harla úhöfðinglegt at spyrja úkunna menn í hvern heim, i. 211.2. the region of the earth or sky; Austr-heimr, the East; Norðr-h., the North; Suðr-h., the South; Vestr-h., the West; Jórsala-heimr, Palestine: , dvalar-heimr, a dwelling-place, 35; ægis-h., 33; alda-h., the abode of men, 41; heimar goða, the abode of gods, 13; munar-h., a place of bliss, 42; ljóð-h., the abode of men, 2; myrk-h., the mirky abode, 42; sólar-h., the sun’s abode, heaven, Geisli.3. a village, in local names, -ham, -heim; but in , Norse, and local names contracted to -om or -um, so that in many instances it is doubtful whether it is from heim or a in um, thus Veom, Viom may be Véheimr or Véum; Sæ-heimr = Norse Sæm; Há-heimr = Hæm; Fors-heimr = Forsum, Munch, Norge’s Beskr. Pref.: in not very , Sól-heimar, Man-heimar ( i. 353 note), Vind-h.: the mythical Glaðs-h., ‘Bright-ham,’ Þrym-h., Þrúð-h., 4, 8, 11.
II. this world, to Hel or other worlds; fyrst fólkvíg í heimi, 26; segðu mér ór heimi ek man ór Helju, 6, 40, 3, 62, 49, 83, 19, 46, 4; koma í heiminn, to be born, ii. 513; þessa heims, in this world, 623. 48, 42, 48; to annars heims, in the other world; þessa heims ok annars, 200, 354; kringla heimsins, the globe, orbis terrarum, (init.); um allan heim, i. 169; heimr er bygðr, Ísl. ii. 381; spor þín liggja lengra út í heim en ek fæ séð, 142; var heimrinn allr greindr í þriðjunga, 117, 194, 134; al-heimr, the universe; minni-h., microcosmos, 19.
2. phrases, liggja (vera) milli heims ok Heljar, to lie between life and death, in extreme illness, i. 260 (of a swoon); lá Þorsteinn þá milli heims ok heljar ok vætti sér þá ekki nema dauða, ii. 437; þá sigaði svá at honum, … ok lá náliga í milli heims ok heljar, 114; sýna e-m í tvo heimana, to make one look into two worlds, to treat a person roughly; laust hann svá at hann vissi lítið í þenna heim, he struck him so that he nearly swooned, 35.3. the world, mundus; heims ágirni, 73; stíga yfir heiminn, to overcome the world, 49, passim, John xvi. 8, 11, 20, 33; heims börn, the children of the world, ; heims dýrð, the glory of the world, ; heims skraut, the pomp of the world, 83; hold ok heimr, the flesh and the world, 4. denoting people, only in the compd þing-heimr, an assembly, Fr. monde.
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  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
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  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
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