Hafs-botn
Old Norse Dictionary - hafs-botn
Meaning of Old Norse word "hafs-botn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hafs-botn
- m. a gulf; firðir ok hafs-botnar, Sks. 199: of the Polar Sea, as the ancients supposed a continuity of land between Greenland and Europe, Fms. xi. 411; hafsbotn er heitir Svarta-haf, Hkr. i. 5.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚠᛋ-ᛒᚢᛏᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)