Austrfarar-skip
Old Norse Dictionary - austrfarar-skip
Meaning of Old Norse word "austrfarar-skip"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- austrfarar-skip
- n. id., Fms. viii. 61, Orkn. 274 old Ed., where the new Ed. 334 has útfararskip, a ship bound for the Mediterranean (better).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱᚠᛅᚱᛅᚱ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)