Seið-hjallr
Old Norse Dictionary - seið-hjallr
Meaning of Old Norse word "seið-hjallr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- seið-hjallr
- m. the scaffold on which the wizard or witch was seated and where the incantation was performed, Ld. 142, Fas. ii. 84, iii. 319.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛁᚦ-ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)