Júg-tanni
Old Norse Dictionary - júg-tanni
Meaning of Old Norse word "júg-tanni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- júg-tanni
- a, m., qs. jótr-tanni (?), ‘tusk-tooth,’ poët. for a bear, Korm., Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᚴ-ᛏᛅᚾᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.