Högg-ró
Old Norse Dictionary - högg-ró
Meaning of Old Norse word "högg-ró" (or hǫgg-ró)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- högg-ró (hǫgg-ró)
- usually spelt hugró, f. a clinch on a sword’s hilt, Edda (Gl.), FmS. i. 177, Hkr. i. 238, Þórð. 75: name of a ship, FmS. viii: in Hkv. Hjörv. the true reading is prob., hugró í hjalti, … önn er í oddi, for the MS. reading ‘hugr er í hjalti’ yields no meaning; hugró and önn (q. v.) were parts of the sword.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, högg-ró may be more accurately written as hǫgg-ró.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᚴ-ᚱᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- prob.
- probably.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)