Œgir
Old Norse Dictionary - œgir
Meaning of Old Norse word "œgir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- œgir
- m. one who frightens, Lex. Poët., Fms. vi. (in a verse), Gm. 45, Hkv. 1. 54; this word is no relation to the following word.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.