Hlýri
Old Norse Dictionary - hlýri
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlýri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlýri
- a, m., poët. a brother, frater germanus, only in poets, Lex. poët. passim; perhaps orig. a ‘twin-brother.’
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.