Erg
Old Norse Dictionary - erg
Meaning of Old Norse word "erg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- erg
- n., Gael. word, answering to the Scot. shiel or shieling; upp um dalinn þar sem var erg nokkut, þat köllu vér setr = der som vaar noget erg, det kalde vi. sætter (in the Danish transl.), Orkn. 448 (Addit.), cp. local names in Caithness, e. g. Ásgríms-erg, Orkn. 458.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Gael.
- Gaelic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- transl.
- translation.
Works & Authors cited:
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)