Hug-borg
Old Norse Dictionary - hug-borg
Meaning of Old Norse word "hug-borg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hug-borg
- f., poët. the breast, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴ-ᛒᚢᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.