Hlé-barðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hlé-barðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlé-barðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlé-barðr
- m. a leopard (Old Engl. libbard), from the Greek, but used indiscriminately of a bear, wolf, etc., Edda (gl.), FaS. i. (Skjöld. S.) 367; the word occurs as early as Hbl., of a giant.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁ-ᛒᛅᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Skjöld.
- Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)