Forn-yrði
Old Norse Dictionary - forn-yrði
Meaning of Old Norse word "forn-yrði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- forn-yrði
- n. old words or saws; an archaism; hulin foryrðin, Lil. 98. fornyrðis-lag or fornyrða-lag, n. a kind of old metre: this word is an απ. λεγ. in Edda lit., whence it has spread into mod. use, but it is better called kviðu-háttr: mod. an archaism.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚾ-ᚢᚱᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lil.
- Lilja. (A. III.)