Mergð
Old Norse Dictionary - mergð
Meaning of Old Norse word "mergð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mergð
- f. [margr], multitude, plenty; mergð fjár, plenty of wealth, Eg. 47; magn ok mergð ávaxtar, Bs. ii. 165, passim in mod. usage; the old writers prefer fjöldi, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚱᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)