Glys
Old Norse Dictionary - glys
Meaning of Old Norse word "glys"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word glys can mean:glys
- glys
- n. finery, and as a trade term millinery, Fms. vi. 263, x. 30, Barl. 6, Al. 34, Stj. 78, 188, passim; gull ok glys, Edda 220; kaupa glys, Fb. iii, 175; glys fjandans, Greg. 15; glys heimsins, Hallgr., Vídal.
- glys
- COMPDS: glysgjarn, glysligr, glysmang, glysmangari, glysmál, glysmáll, glyssamligr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.