Festar-auga
Old Norse Dictionary - festar-auga
Meaning of Old Norse word "festar-auga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- festar-auga
- n. the loop or eye at the end of a rope, Grett. 141, Fas. ii. 369.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛋᛏᛅᚱ-ᛅᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)