Heinar-sufl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Heinar-sufl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 heinar-sufl

(heinar-smjör, hone-grease, Fb. iii. 425), n. the liquor in which mowers dip the whetstone, Fms. vi. 374: in poetry the sword is called hein-flet, hein-land, hein-vandill, the flat, land, rod of the hone, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᛁᚾᛅᚱ-ᛋᚢᚠᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
n.: neuter.

Works & Authors

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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