Gafl-hlað
Old Norse Dictionary - gafl-hlað
Meaning of Old Norse word "gafl-hlað"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gafl-hlað
- (gaflað, Nj. 203, 209, Orkn. 244). n. a gable-end, Gísl. 88: in pl. gaflhlöð, Orkn. 470; eystra g., 244; at húsendanum við gaflhlaðit, 450; gaflhlaðit hvárt-tveggja, Ísl. ii. 352; selit var gört um einn ás ok lá hann á gaflhlöðum, Ld. 280.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚠᛚ-ᚼᛚᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)