álags-háttr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

álags-háttr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 álags-háttr

m. a kind of metre, the first syllabic of the following line completing the sentence, e. g. ískalda skar ek öldu | eik; Edda (Ht.) 129.

Runic Inscription

ᛅᛚᛅᚴᛋ-ᚼᛅᛏᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

e. g.
exempli gratia.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

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