Dauða-orð
Old Norse Dictionary - dauða-orð
Meaning of Old Norse word "dauða-orð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dauða-orð
- (v. l. and better dauða-yrðr, f., from yrðr = urðr, weird, fate), n. death, ‘death-weird,’ Ýt. 8.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.