Feikn-stafir
Old Norse Dictionary - feikn-stafir
Meaning of Old Norse word "feikn-stafir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- feikn-stafir
- m. pl. [A. S. fácen-stafas], banes, evils, Gm. 12, FaS. i. (in a verse): baleful runes, Sl. 60.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛁᚴᚾ-ᛋᛏᛅᚠᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Sl.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)