þremjar

Old Norse

Etymology

From 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

þremjar 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

Declension of þremjar, (strong jō-stem, plural only)

feminine	plural
feminine	indefinite	definite
nominative	þremjar	þremjarnar
accusative	þremjar	þremjarnar
dative	þremjum	þremjunum
genitive	þremja	þremjanna

Related terms

þrǫmr

Descendants

Icelandic: þremjar

References

“þremjar” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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