Dyðrill
Old Norse Dictionary - dyðrill
Meaning of Old Norse word "dyðrill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dyðrill
- or dyrðill, m. a nickname, seems to mean a tail, = mod. dindill, Fms. i. 186, ii. 253, 279; cp. daðra, to wheedle.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚦᚱᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)