Hauðr-gjörð
Old Norse Dictionary - hauðr-gjörð
Meaning of Old Norse word "hauðr-gjörð" (or hauðr-gjǫrð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hauðr-gjörð (hauðr-gjǫrð)
- f., -men, n. the earth-girdle, i. e. the sea, Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hauðr-gjörð may be more accurately written as hauðr-gjǫrð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᚦᚱ-ᚴᛁᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.