Hnýflll
Old Norse Dictionary - hnýflll
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnýflll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hnýflll can mean:hnýflll
- hnýflll
- m. (see knýfill), a short horn, Fb. i. 563; Hnýfill and Hnýfla, lambs with short horns.
- hnýflll
- 2. the peak at the bow of a boat; stakst á hnýfil feigðar-far, Stef. Ól., freq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᚠᛚᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Stef. Ól.
- Stefán Ólafsson.