Oktava
Old Norse Dictionary - oktava
Meaning of Old Norse word "oktava"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- oktava
- or oktava-dagr, m. [Lat. word], the octave after a feast day, Bs. i. 144, H. E. i. 310.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᛏᛅᚢᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)