Heáfod-swíma

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáfod-swíma

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 heáfod-swíma

m. Swimming in the head, dizziness, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 28; Gen. 1568. [Icel. höfuð-svími dizziness in the head.] heafod-swima

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᛋᚹᛁᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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