Rek-hvalr
Old Norse Dictionary - rek-hvalr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rek-hvalr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rek-hvalr
- m. a whale drifed ashore, Grág. ii. 385, K. Þ. K. 112, K. Á. 162, Jb. 335, Am. 36.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚴ-ᚼᚢᛅᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)