Aug-lit
Old Norse Dictionary - aug-lit
Meaning of Old Norse word "aug-lit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- aug-lit
- n. a face, countenance; fyrir a. alls lýðs, Stj. 326; fyrir Guðs a., before the face of God, Orkn. 170; í a. postulans, 623. 25, Ver. 7. Gen. vii. 1 (‘before me’); fyrir konungs a., Sks. 283. Now much used, esp. theol.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚴ-ᛚᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- theol.
- theological, theologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)