Norðr-ljós

Signification du mot vieux norrois "norðr-ljós"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

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.

Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱ-ᛚᛁᚢᛋ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger