Hryggjar-stykki
Old Norse Dictionary - hryggjar-stykki
Meaning of Old Norse word "hryggjar-stykki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hryggjar-stykki
- n. a kind of duck (from a spot on the back), the sheldrake (?), Edda (Gl.): metaph. the name of an old Icel. historical work, Fms. vii. (Mork.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅᚱ-ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)