Friggjar-elda
Old Norse Dictionary - friggjar-elda
Meaning of Old Norse word "friggjar-elda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- friggjar-elda
- u, f. a bird, prob. = mod. Máriatla, the wagtail, motacilla alba Linn., Edda (Gl.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅᚱ-ᛁᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)