Hegeitill
Old Norse Dictionary - hegeitill
Meaning of Old Norse word "hegeitill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hegeitill
- m. a flint; spelt hegeitel, Bs. i. 674, ii. 56, 134, Karl. 321, Barl. 181 (see note); hegettill, Flov. 41; the true form is prob. heggeitill, Ivar Aasen heggjeitel, which in Norway is used of nodules (eitill, q. v.) in stones; the word is still used in western Icel. (Ísafjarðar-sýsla).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚴᛁᛁᛏᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- prob.
- probably.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)