Jarkna-steinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Jarkna-steinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 jarkna-steinn

m. [prob. a for. word derived from the A. S. eorcnan-stân]:—a gem, it occurs only in the following poems, Vkv. 23, 33, Gkv. 1. 18, 3. 9, which may all have been composed by one man, who borrowed the word from the A. S.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛅᚱᚴᚾᛅ-ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
for.: foreign.
m.: masculine.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

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