Íviði
Old Norse Dictionary - íviði
Meaning of Old Norse word "íviði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- íviði
- n. a dub. word, Vsp. 2, prob. an ogress = íviðja, which is the reading of the Hb. l. c.; see Sæm. (Möbius), p. 265.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dub.
- dubious.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)