Hjalt-uggaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hjalt-uggaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hjalt-uggaðr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hjalt-uggaðr
part. with ‘boss-fins,’ poetical epithet of a sword, metaph. from a fish, Ísl. ii. (in a verse).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛏ-ᚢᚴᚴᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
part.
participle.

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