Skógar-strönd
Old Norse Dictionary - skógar-strönd
Meaning of Old Norse word "skógar-strönd" (or skógar-strǫnd)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skógar-strönd (skógar-strǫnd)
- f. a woodland-coast, Stj. 90, v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, skógar-strönd may be more accurately written as skógar-strǫnd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚴᛅᚱ-ᛋᛏᚱᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)