Vað-horn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vað-horn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

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).

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛅᛏ-ᚼᚢᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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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