Jötun-uxi
Old Norse Dictionary - jötun-uxi
Meaning of Old Norse word "jötun-uxi" (or jǫtun-uxi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jötun-uxi (jǫtun-uxi)
- a, m. ‘giant-ox,’ a kind of beetle, scarabaeus; medic. a cancer; hann fékk mein í fótinn, var þat kallað j. eðr átumein, Bs. ii. 269.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, jötun-uxi may be more accurately written as jǫtun-uxi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᛏᚢᚾ-ᚢᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)