Bak-lengja
Old Norse Dictionary - bak-lengja
Meaning of Old Norse word "bak-lengja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bak-lengja
- u, f. the dark stripe along the back of cattle, Grett. 91, Eg. 149, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴ-ᛚᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)