Dimma
Old Icelandic Dictionary - dimmaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "dimma" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
dimma Old Icelandic word can mean:
- dimma
- I)
- dimma
- (að), v. to make dark, darken; impers., um kveldit, er ~ tók, when it begtin to grow dark; tekr at ~ af nótt, the night comes on;
- dimma
- refl., ~st, to grow dark (er nótt ~ðist).
- dimma
- II)
- dimma
- f. darkness (~ nætrinnar); dimmu dregr á et, it begins to look gloomy, threatening.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛘᛘᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- impers.
- impersonal.
- f.
- feminine.
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