Hlér
Old Norse Dictionary - hlér
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlér"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlér
- m., gen. Hlés, [hlé; cp. Welsh Llyr = sea], a mythol. name of a giant of the sea, Ώκεανός, Fb. i. 21. Hlés-dætr, f. pl. the daughters of H., the Nereids, Edda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)