Ás-garðr
Old Norse Dictionary - ás-garðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ás-garðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ás-garðr
- m. the residence of the gods (Ases), Edda; also the name of a farm in the west of Icel.: the mod. Norse ‘aasgaardsreid’ is a corruption from the Swed. åska, thunder.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛋ-ᚴᛅᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)