Hauga-eldr
Old Norse Dictionary - hauga-eldr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hauga-eldr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hauga-eldr
- m. a cairn fire, a kind of ignis fatuus, said to burn over hidden treasures in cairns, Eg. 767, Grett. l. c., FaS. i. 518. Hervar. S.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᚴᛅ-ᛁᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hervar. S.
- Hervarar Saga. (C. II.)