Dauð-yfli
Old Norse Dictionary - dauð-yfli
Meaning of Old Norse word "dauð-yfli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dauð-yfli
- n. (cp. Goth. daupublis = επιθανάτιος, I Cor. iv. 9), a carcase, lifeless thing, Stj. 317 (Lev. xi. 38).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦ-ᚢᚠᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)