Auð-kýfingr
Old Norse Dictionary - auð-kýfingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "auð-kýfingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- auð-kýfingr
- m. [kúfa, accumulare], poët. a heaper up of riches, a wealthy man, a Croesus; örr maðr er a., Edda 107; in prose in Sturl. i. 38, Al. 5; ríkismenn ok a., Post. 656 C. 30.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦ-ᚴᚢᚠᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)