Mjólkr-hringr
Old Norse Dictionary - mjólkr-hringr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mjólkr-hringr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mjólkr-hringr
- m. the milky way, rendering of Lat. via lactea, for the genuine name is vetrar-braut, Rb. (1812) 19.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚢᛚᚴᚱ-ᚼᚱᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)