Víð-gyrðill

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Víð-gyrðill

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 víð-gyrðill

m. the wide girdle of the earth, i. e. the sea, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᛏ-ᚴᚢᚱᛏᛁᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

i. e.
id est.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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