Hnit-björg
Old Norse Dictionary - hnit-björg
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnit-björg" (or hnit-bjǫrg)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnit-björg (hnit-bjǫrg)
- n. pl. the ‘clinched crags,’ the mythol. name of the crags where the poetical mead was kept, Edda.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hnit-björg may be more accurately written as hnit-bjǫrg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᛏ-ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)