HEGGR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HEGGR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HEGGR

m. [Ivar Aasen hegg; Swed. hägg; Engl. hedge, Germ. hecken, from this tree being used for hedging], a kind of tree, the bird-cherry, Edda (Gloss.): freq. in old poetry, Lex. Poët.: whence Dan. hægge-bær, hægge-blomst, etc.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᚴᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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