Helsingr
Old Norse Dictionary - helsingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "helsingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- helsingr
- m. the barnacle or tree-goose, so called from its white collar (helsi), anas erithropus l., Edda (Gl.), Eggert Itin. 548: a nickname, Fms. iv. 314. ☞ For the popular tales of this bird see Max Müller’s Lectures, 2nd Series. Helsingjar, m. pl. the name of the people of Helsingja-land in Sweden, Ó. H.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᛋᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)