Glingr
Old Norse Dictionary - glingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "glingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- glingr
- m. [A. S. gleng = showy things], a toy, FaS. iii. 219; barna-glingr, a child’s toy, freq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)