Skröggs-ligr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skröggs-ligr" (or skrǫggs-ligr)

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

skröggs-ligr (skrǫggs-ligr)

adj. scraggy, gaunt and ugly.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, skröggs-ligr may be more accurately written as skrǫggs-ligr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚱᚢᚴᚴᛋ-ᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements