Dauða-mark
Old Norse Dictionary - dauða-mark
Meaning of Old Norse word "dauða-mark"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dauða-mark
- -merki, id, n. a sign of death (opp. to lífs-mark), medic. decay or the like, Nj. 154, 656 C. 32; a type of death, Hom. 108.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᛘᛅᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)