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

Related terms

• þrǫmr

Descendants

• Icelandic: þremjar

Further reading

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