Elsk-hugi
Old Norse Dictionary - elsk-hugi
Meaning of Old Norse word "elsk-hugi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- elsk-hugi
- or elsk-ogi, a, m. [Swed. älskog; Dan. elskov], love, Edda 21; vináttu ok elskhuga, Stj. 8; ástúð ok e., 130, Bev. 8 (Fr.); elskugi (ælskugi), Barl. 6: a sweetheart, minn sæti herra ok ágætr elskugi (my love), Fb. i. 514.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛋᚴ-ᚼᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bev.
- Bevus Saga. (G. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)