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Sólar-hringr

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1 sólar-hringr

m. the ‘sun-ring,’ orbit, ecliptic, Rb. 458, 462; krabba-mark er norðast er í sólarhring, 476: mod. the circuit of the sun (day and night together); einn sólarhring, tvo sólarhringa, one, two whole days.
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sólar-hringr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "sólar-hringr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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Common Abbreviations

m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.

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Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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