Egg-móðr
Old Norse Dictionary - egg-móðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "egg-móðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- egg-móðr
- adj., poët. epithet of the slain in a battle-field; e. valr, mown by the sword, Hom. 31, Gm. 53; no doubt from má, to mow, not from móðr, weary.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚴ-ᛘᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)