Há-leygir
Old Norse Dictionary - há-leygir
Meaning of Old Norse word "há-leygir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- há-leygir
- m. pl. the inhabitants of the Norse county Hálogaland, Fms.; whence Háleyzkr, adj. from Hálogaland.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅ-ᛚᛁᚢᚴᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)