Definitions
Definitions
1 GEMLA
u, f. a stump, worn out tooth, in the mouth of old people, Bjarn. 186; but also of teeth in the mouth of new-born babes, called skálda-gemlur, ‘poet-grinders,’ from the old saying that a child born with teeth will become a poët. Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 5.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
GEMLA
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "GEMLA" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).