Hrygg-brotinn
Old Norse Dictionary - hrygg-brotinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrygg-brotinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrygg-brotinn
- part. broken-backed, Fms. x. 240, Greg. 48: metaph. an unhappy wooer is said to be hryggbrotin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᚴ-ᛒᚱᚢᛏᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)