hátimbra

Old Norse

Etymology

From hár (high) + timbra (build of timber)

Verb

hátimbra (singular past indicative hátimbraði, plural past indicative hátimbruðu, past participle hátimbraðr)

  1. to timber on high
    • Grímnismál, stanza 16
      Nóatún eru in elliptu, · en þar Njǫrðr hefir
      sér um gǫrva sali;
      manna þengill, · inn meins-vani
      há-timbruðum hǫrgi ræðr.
      Nóatun is the eleventh (divine dwelling-place), and there Njǫrðr has made himself a hall.
      That guileless prince of men (= Njǫrðr) rules a hǫrgr timbered on high.

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