Refil-stígar

Old Norse Dictionary - refil-stígar

Meaning of Old Norse word "refil-stígar"

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

refil-stígar
m. pl. an obscure word, a serpent-path (?), a hidden, mysterious path; hann nefndisk Gangleri ok kominn af refilstigum, Edda 2; hann hvarf refilstíga (acc.), he disappeared by a mysterious way, Fb. i. (in a verse), cp. Prov. xxx. 19.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
cp.
compare.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
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