Hátta-lykill
Old Norse Dictionary - hátta-lykill
Meaning of Old Norse word "hátta-lykill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hátta-lykill
- m. a key to metres, the name of an old poem on metres, Orkn. 304 (printed at the end of the Skálda, Reykjavík 1849).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛏᛏᛅ-ᛚᚢᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)