Hegja
Old Norse Dictionary - hegja
Meaning of Old Norse word "hegja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hegja
- u, f. [from hagr], fate, condition, Ód. 20, Rekst. 23, Merl. 2. 20, as also Orkn. 188, v. l., where the probable reading is emk hegju jarla trauðr at segja, I am unwilling to tell the earl’s fate.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)