Dauða-fylgja
Old Norse Dictionary - dauða-fylgja
Meaning of Old Norse word "dauða-fylgja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dauða-fylgja
- u. f. a ‘death-fetch,’ an apparition boding one’s death, Nj. 62. v. 1.: vide fylgja.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)