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

  1. (poetic) the edge of a sword
    þremja linnr
    the snake of the þremjar [SWORD]
  2. (poetic, by extension) the sword itself
    þremja storm
    the storm of swords [BATTLE]

Declension

Declension of þremjar (strong jō-stem, plural only)
feminine plural
indefinite definite
nominative þremjar þremjarnar
accusative þremjar þremjarnar
dative þremjum þremjunum
genitive þremja þremjanna
  • þrǫmr

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þremjar

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “þremjar”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
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