Dólg
Old Norse Dictionary - dólg
Meaning of Old Norse word "dólg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dólg
- (dolg), n. [A. S. dolg = vidnus, O. H. G. tolg], direful enmity, only in poetry in compds, as dólg-brandr, -eisa, -ljós, the fire, embers, light of the d., = sword; dólg-lið, the ale of the d., i. e. blood; dólg-linnr, the d. snake, i. e. spear; dolg-svala, the battle-swallow, i. e. the shaft; gaping wounds are called dólg-spor, Hkv. 2. 40.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛚᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- i. e.
- id est.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)