Mögðir
Old Norse Dictionary - mögðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "mögðir" (or mǫgðir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mögðir can mean:mögðir
- mögðir (mǫgðir)
- 1. m. a peg, Edda (Gl.) 494.
- mögðir (mǫgðir)
- 2. m. a kind of stone, Edda ii. 494.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mögðir may be more accurately written as mǫgðir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚴᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)