Hlín
Old Norse Dictionary - hlín
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlín"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlín
- f. the goddess of that name (the wife of Odin), she that defends, [for the etym. see hlein], Edda, Vsp., Lex. poët.: freq. in poët. phrases, hringa-hlín, bauga-h., a lady.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etym.
- etymology.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)