Skeggja
Old Norse Dictionary - skeggja
Meaning of Old Norse word "skeggja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skeggja
- u, f. a kind of halberd, also called barða (q. v.), Edda (Gl.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)