Hrafn-tinna
Old Norse Dictionary - hrafn-tinna
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrafn-tinna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrafn-tinna
- u, f. ‘raven-flint,’ a kind of obsidian or agate, Fas. i. 470; called gagates Islandicus, Eggert Itin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛅᚠᚾ-ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.