Mar-svín

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mar-svín

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mar-svín

n. ‘sea-swine,’ sea-hog, a kind of whale, Eggert Itin.; marsvína-rekstr, Fél. vii. 28, the driving whales ashore.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛅᚱ-ᛋᚢᛁᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Fél.
Félags-rit.
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
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