Kinn-höggva
Old Norse Dictionary - kinn-höggva
Meaning of Old Norse word "kinn-höggva" (or kinn-hǫggva)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kinn-höggva (kinn-hǫggva)
- hjó, to hew or hack the cheek, Landn. 54, v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kinn-höggva may be more accurately written as kinn-hǫggva.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾ-ᚼᚢᚴᚴᚢᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)