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.