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, Fél. 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.