Hnœfil-yrði
Old Norse Dictionary - hnœfil-yrði
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnœfil-yrði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnœfil-yrði
- n. pl., so spelt in Ölk. 36 C, Fms. iv. 334; but hnýfil-yrði in Sturl. i. 20:—sarcasms, taunts, gibes.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᚠᛁᛚ-ᚢᚱᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)