Œgr
Old Norse Dictionary - œgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "œgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- œgr
- adj. = ýgr (q. v.), terrible; lœkr, ‘œgr,’ Skálda 178, Lex. Poët.: vicious, Guð gaf ekki ægum uxa-horn, a saying, Vídal. ii. 83; cp. mannýgr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.