Orð-heill
Old Norse Dictionary - orð-heill
Meaning of Old Norse word "orð-heill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- orð-heill
- f. a good omen; at hann stæði úti ok sæi för hans ok hefði o. fyrir, Ld. 96; Björn gékk í skálann inn ok leitaði orðheilla við menn, Glúm. 337:—report, eigi hafa þau góða orðheill, they have no good report, Fs. 34.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚦ-ᚼᛁᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)