Mál-leysingi

Old Norse Dictionary - mál-leysingi

Meaning of Old Norse word "mál-leysingi"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

mál-leysingi
a, m. a dumb, speechless person: as also in the allit. phrase, menn ok málleysingar, both men and dumb creatures.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚ-ᛚᛁᚢᛋᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.

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