Egg-ver
Old Norse Dictionary - egg-ver
Meaning of Old Norse word "egg-ver"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- egg-ver
- n. ‘egg-field,’ a place where the eggs of wild fowl are gathered in quantities (cp. sel-ver, síld-ver, álpta-ver), Grág. ii. 263, 338, Jb. 217, Eg. 42: gathering eggs = varp, Bs. i. 350; eggvers-hólmi = varphólmi, Jm. 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚴ-ᚢᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Jm.
- Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)