Mel-bakki

Old Norse Dictionary - mel-bakki

Meaning of Old Norse word "mel-bakki"

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

mel-bakki
a, m. a ‘mel-bank,’ hank on which bent-grass grows, also a sand-bank, Nj. 155, 265.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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