Mál-snild
Old Norse Dictionary - mál-snild
Meaning of Old Norse word "mál-snild"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mál-snild
- f. eloquence, oratory, Clem. 33, MS. 623. 30, Edda 17, Skálda 199, FmS. ii. 242. málsnildar-list, f. rhetoric, Skálda 192.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚ-ᛋᚾᛁᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)