Bjálfi
Old Norse Dictionary - bjálfi
Meaning of Old Norse word "bjálfi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bjálfi can mean:bjálfi
- bjálfi
- bjálbi, a, m. a fur, skin, Fms. v. 207, 236; esp. in the cornpds hrein-bjálfi, geit-bjálbi, flug-bjiálbi, Haustl. 12. Etym. uncertain, perh. a Slav. word.
- bjálfi
- 2. used as a pr. name, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛅᛚᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- Slav.
- Slavonic.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)