þver-fjörðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þver-fjörðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þver-fjörðr (þver-fjǫrðr)

m. a cross-fiord, a side-fiord, branching out of a large central bay, Landn. 131 (of the northern side of Broadfirth in Icel.)

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

þᚢᛁᚱ-ᚠᛁᚢᚱᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)

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