Fang-elsi
Old Norse Dictionary - fang-elsi
Meaning of Old Norse word "fang-elsi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fang-elsi
- n. [Dan. fængsel; Swed. fängelse], a prison, gaol, Fms. iv. 167, xi. 240, (a rare and unclass. word); cp. dýflissa, myrkva-stofa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚾᚴ-ᛁᛚᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- class.
- classical.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- unclass.
- unclassical.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)