Krysi-vík
Old Norse Dictionary - krysi-vík
Meaning of Old Norse word "krysi-vík"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- krysi-vík
- f. a local name in Icel., no doubt qs. Kryci-vík, = Kross-vík, = Holy-rood-wick; from the Saxon form cruci, as in Hel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᚢᛋᛁ-ᚢᛁᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- qs.
- quasi.