Legill
Old Norse Dictionary - legill
Meaning of Old Norse word "legill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- legill
- m. [Germ. lägel; Scot. leglin; prob. not from lögr, but through Germ. or Scot. from Lat. lagena]:—a cask, Stj. 128, 367, 388, Mar. 195, Sams. 28, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- prob.
- probably.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)