Fylkis-kirkja

Old Norse Dictionary - fylkis-kirkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "fylkis-kirkja"

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

fylkis-kirkja
u, f. the principal church in a county, the ‘shire-kirk.’

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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