Rostungr
Old Norse Dictionary - rostungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rostungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rostungr
- m. a walrus, Edda (Gl.), Grág. ii. 359, SkS. 178, Jb., Fbr. 161: costly things were carved on the teeth, Páls S. ch. 16, Rafn S. ch. 4; and the hide was made into ropes for ships’ rigging (svörðr), cp. SkS., and OroS. in king Alfred’s transl. rostungs-hauss, m., and -tönn, f. a Walrus-tooth, Krók. 34.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛋᛏᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- transl.
- translation.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Páls S.
- Páls Saga. (D. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)