Mel-gras
Old Norse Dictionary - mel-gras
Meaning of Old Norse word "mel-gras"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mel-gras
- n., botan. elymus arenarius, a kind of oats, Hjalt.; whence the local name Melgras-eyri in western Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛚ-ᚴᚱᛅᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.