Hjúkólfr
Old Norse Dictionary - hjúkólfr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjúkólfr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjúkólfr
- m. [the latter part is prob. borrowed from the Engl. club, qs. hjú-kólfr = people’s club, and is not to be derived from hjúka]:—a club-house, inn, Fms. ix. 453, Sturl. ii. 124: metaph., Bs. i. 137.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚢᚴᚢᛚᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)