Skegg-broddr
Old Norse Dictionary - skegg-broddr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skegg-broddr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skegg-broddr
- m. bristles of the beard; þeyta skeggbroddana, Fb. i. 296 (the skeggröddina and skeggraustina, Fms. i. 303, is prob. only a false reading for skeggbroddana).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚴᚴ-ᛒᚱᚢᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)