Mögu-ligr
Old Norse Dictionary - mögu-ligr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mögu-ligr" (or mǫgu-ligr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mögu-ligr (mǫgu-ligr)
- adj. [from Germ. möglich; the word appears in the 14th century]:—possible, Fms. xi. 431, Fas. i. 45, freq. in mod. usage.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mögu-ligr may be more accurately written as mǫgu-ligr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚴᚢ-ᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)