Flæðar-urð

Old Norse Dictionary - flæðar-urð

Meaning of Old Norse word "flæðar-urð"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

flæðar-urð
f. rocks reached by high water, Grett. 99. The word flæðr may be used as a test, to shew whether a MS. was written in the west of Icel. or not; but for authorship it is not sufficient, as copyists were apt to alter such things; thus the Gullþ. S. (a western Saga) uses flóð not flæðr; at the present day an Icel. from the west is ridiculed in other counties of Icel. for his flæðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᚦᛅᚱ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
S.
Saga.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
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