Dorg
Old Norse Dictionary - dorg
Meaning of Old Norse word "dorg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dorg
- f. an angler’s tackle, rod and line, etc., for trout or small fish; þeir réru tveir á báti með dorgar sínar at smá-fiski, Sæm. Gm. (introd.), p. 32; land-dorgar, the land of dorg, the sea, Edda 66; dorgar-skot, a kind of fishing implement, D. N. iii. 201; cp. dorga.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)