Hug-borð
Old Norse Dictionary - hug-borð
Meaning of Old Norse word "hug-borð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hug-borð
- n. courage, metaph. from a ship, Fms. vii. 143, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.