Hvílu-brögð
Old Norse Dictionary - hvílu-brögð
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvílu-brögð" (or hvílu-brǫgð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvílu-brögð (hvílu-brǫgð)
- n. pl. cohabitation, Fas. iii. 305, 470.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hvílu-brögð may be more accurately written as hvílu-brǫgð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᛚᚢ-ᛒᚱᚢᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)