Salt-fjara

Old Norse Dictionary - salt-fjara

Meaning of Old Norse word "salt-fjara"

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

salt-fjara
u, f. a ‘salt-beach,’ where salt is burned, recorded as belonging to a church; kirkja á saltfjöru í Gautavík, Vm. 155.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛚᛏ-ᚠᛁᛅᚱᛅ
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:

Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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