Eyðla
Old Norse Dictionary - eyðla
Meaning of Old Norse word "eyðla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- eyðla
- u, f. [early Swed. oydla; cp. Dan. ögle, ‘der er ögler i mosen’]:—a lizard, also a toad, ÓH.: hence eðl-vina, adj. the friend of lizards and toads, epithet of a witch, Hdl.; cp. the charm in Macbeth.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᚦᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)