Belgja
Old Norse Dictionary - belgja
Meaning of Old Norse word "belgja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- belgja
- ð, [Hel. belgan, irâ inflari], to inflate, puff out, Fms. iii. 201, Anal. 200; b. augun, to goggle, Bárð. 171: to drink as a cow.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛚᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anal.
- Analecta. (D. II.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)