Aum-neglur

Old Norse Dictionary - aum-neglur

Meaning of Old Norse word "aum-neglur"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

aum-neglur
more correctly anneglur, cp. the Engl. agnail, hangnail, or naugnail,l. ix. 192; the lunula unguium is in Icel. called anneglur, and so is the skin round the finger-nail, id.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛘ-ᚾᛁᚴᛚᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Fél.
Félags-rit.
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