Dígull

Old Norse Dictionary - dígull

Meaning of Old Norse word "dígull"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word dígull can mean:dígull

dígull: m. [deig].

dígull: I. the mucus of the nose; d. er horr, Edda (Lauf.), Lex. poët.; hence hor-digull, Fas. ii. 149; mod. hor-dingull, as if it were from dingla.

dígull: II. [Swed.-Dan. digel; Germ. tiegel], a crucible; hence poët., gold is called digul-farmr, digul-snjór, -jökull, the load, snow, icicle of the crucible, Lex. poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

f.: feminine.

mod.: modern.

Dan.: Danish.

Germ.: German.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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