Negg

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Negg

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 negg

n. [it is prop. identical with Dan. neg = a sheaf of corn, which word is not otherwise found in the Norse or Icel.]:—poët. the heart, Edda (Gl.); also written hnegg, in hnegg-veröld, the heart’s abode, breast, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚴᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
n.: neuter.
neg: negative, negatively.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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