Norðr-ljós
Altnordisches Wörterbuch - norðr-ljós
Bedeutung des altnordischen Wortes "norðr-ljós"
Wie im Cleasby & Vigfusson Altnordisch-Englisch Wörterbuch definiert:
- norðr-ljós
- n. [Dan. nordlys], the northern lights, polar light, aurora borealis, in mod. usage only in plur.: an ancient description of the northern lights is given in the Sks. ch. 19 (by a Norwegian writer). From the words—eða þat er Grænlendingar kalla norðrljós, Sks. 74—it appears that the Icel. settlers of Greenland were the first who gave a name to this phenomenon; the author of the Sks. also describes the northern lights as they appeared in Greenland.
Mögliche Runeninschrift im Jüngeren Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱ-ᛚᛁᚢᛋ
Jüngere Futhark-Runen wurden vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert in Skandinavien und ihren überseeischen Siedlungen verwendet
Verwendete Abkürzungen:
- ch.
- chapter.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
Zitierte Werke & Autoren:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)