Negg

Old Norse Dictionary - negg

Meaning of Old Norse word "negg"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

negg
n. [it is prop. identical with Dan. neg = a sheaf of corn, which word is not otherwise found in the Norse or Icel.]:—poët. the heart, Edda (Gl.); also written hnegg, in hnegg-veröld, the heart’s abode, breast, Lex. poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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