Aptr-byggi
Old Norse Dictionary - aptr-byggi
Meaning of Old Norse word "aptr-byggi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- aptr-byggi
- ja, m., esp. in pl. stern-sitters (opp. to frambyggjar) in a ship of war, Fms. ii. 312, Hkr. iii. 243.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛒᛏᚱ-ᛒᚢᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)