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hjálmr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ hilms; , , , , and helm; Dan.-Swed. hjalm; elmo; old Fr. heaume; a word derived from hylja, to hide]:—a helm, helmet; distinguished from stálhúfa, a steel hood; luktr hjálmr, a closed, shut helm, only occurs in very late writers, i. 321; steyptir hjálmar, 2. 19, cannot mean cast-iron helmets, but must be helmets coming over the face, as cast-iron was unknown in the Middle Ages, see Aarb. for Nord. Oldk. 1868, p. 9; aringreypir hjálmar, helms shaped like an eagle’s beak, 3; gull-h., a gilt helm; ár-hjálmr, a brazen helmet, : the word âr is , since helmets were of English workmanship, as is seen also in Valskir hjálmar, foreign helmets, which are mentioned by Sighvat.
2. in the mythology Odin is called Hjálm-beri, a, helm-bearer, ; he and the Valkyrias were represented as wearing helmets, , 9, 1. 15; whence the poets call the helmet the hood of Odin (Hropts höttr): the vault of heaven is called the ‘helm’ of the wind, sun, , lopt-h., vind-h., sólar-h., : the head is called hjálm-stofn, hjálm-staup, hjálm-stallr, hjálm-setr, the stem, knoll, seat of the helm: the weapons, hjálm-angr, -grand, -gagarr, -gríðr, -reyr, -skass, -svell, are called the bane, ogre, of the helm: battle is hjálm-drífa, -grap, -hríð, -rödd, -skúr, -þrima, the storm, gale of the helm: a warrior is hjálm-lestir, -njótr, -njörðungr, -rækjandi, -stafr, -stýrandi, -týr, -þollr, -þróttr: it appears in adjectives, hjálm-faldinn, helm-hooded; hjálm-göfugr, -prýddr, -samr, -tamiðr, decked with, wearing a helm, 3. and ; huliðs-hjálmr, a ‘hiding-helm,’ cap of darkness, tarn-kappe, which in the popular tales makes the wearer invisible, in the clouds are so called; ægis-hjálmr (ýgrs-h.), the Αιγίς of the Greek, helm of terror, properly used of serpents, 13 (prose), 73, i. 175: in the phrase, bera ægishjálm yfir e-m, to bear the ægis over or before another, to hold him in awe and submission, 16, 17, 130, viii. 101, i. 162, 155, 19, 4: in usage, hafa ægis-hjálm í augum, to have an ægis in one’s eyes, a magical overawing power of eye; hjalm = horror, : in names, Hjálmr, Hjálmarr, Hjálm-geirr, Hjálm-grímr, Hjálm-gunnarr, Hjálm-týr, Hjálmr-gerðr, not , , iii, ; suffixed in Vil-hjálmr, William.II. of helmet-shaped things:
1. a rick of barley, hay, or the like (bygg-h., hey-h., korn-h., ); hlaða korni í hjálma, 30, 413, ii. 358: also a hay-house, barn, hjálma ok hús, i. 38; hjálm-hús.2. kerta-hjálmr, ljósa-h., a chandelier.
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  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • Hel.Heliand.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Ital.Italian.
  • Teut.Teutonic.
  • prob.probably.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • mythol.mythology, mythologically.
  • cp.compare.
  • i. e.id est.
  • mod.modern.
  • pr.proper, properly.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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