Bók-stafr
Old Norse Dictionary - bók-stafr
Meaning of Old Norse word "bók-stafr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bók-stafr
- m. [Hel. bôcstabo; A. S. bócstæv; Germ. buchstabe], a letter of the alphabet, Skálda 168, Hom. 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴ-ᛋᛏᛅᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.
- German.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)