Gálga-gramr
Old Norse Dictionary - gálga-gramr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gálga-gramr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gálga-gramr
- -valdr, m. the king, ruler of the gallows, poët. names of Odin, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᚴᛅ-ᚴᚱᛅᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.