Kuðungr
Old Norse Dictionary - kuðungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kuðungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kuðungr
- m. a kind of shell, see kúfungr; hneppa sig í kuðung, to crouch into one’s shell, like a snail, cp. Safn i. 91, 97.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Safn
- Safn til Sögu Islands.