Ár-sæll
Old Norse Dictionary - ár-sæll
Meaning of Old Norse word "ár-sæll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ár-sæll
- adj. happy or blest in the year, fortunate as to season, an epithet of a king; good or bad seasons were put on the king’s account, cp. Fms. i. 51, xi. 294; góðr höfðíngi ok á., i. 198; á. ok vinsæll, Fagrsk. 2, Bret. 100; allra konunga ársælstr, Fms. x. 175.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱ-ᛋᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)