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Vað-horn

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1 vað-horn

n. [vaðr], the horn on a fishing-line; in the phrase, hann þykkisk nú vel hafa til stillt ok komið upp í vaðhorni við Sigurð, he thought that S. bad been made to gulp the hook up to the horn, metaph. from a fish gulping the hook, Fb. i. 182 (Fms. xi. 113).
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

vað-horn

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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