- HVIMA
- að, [cp. Engl. whim], to wander with the eyes, of a fugitive look, as of one frightened or silly, Mork. 108; hvirna og skirna í allar áttir.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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whimwham — whimsical device, trifle, 1520s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Scandinavian (Cf. O.N. hvima to let the eyes wander, Norw. kvima to flutter ), or else an arbitrary native formation (Cf. FLIM FLAM (Cf. flim flam)) … Etymology dictionary
