þremjar
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom a tentative Proto-Germanic *þramjō, from Proto-Germanic *þramuz (“edge, border”). Possibly related to Latin framea (“spear”), attested in Germania by Tacitus as the native Germanic term for spear.
Noun
editþremjar f pl
- (poetic) the edge of a sword
- þremja linnr
- the snake of the þremjar [SWORD]
- (poetic, by extension) the sword itself
- þremja storm
- the storm of swords [BATTLE]
Declension
edit Declension of þremjar, (strong jō-stem, plural only)
feminine | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þremjar | þremjarnar |
accusative | þremjar | þremjarnar |
dative | þremjum | þremjunum |
genitive | þremja | þremjanna |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Icelandic: þremjar
References
edit- “þremjar” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)