Smyrill
Old Norse Dictionary - smyrill
Meaning of Old Norse word "smyrill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- smyrill
- m., dat. smyrli, a kind of hawk, the merlin, Fr. émérillon, Grág. ii. 346, K. Þ. K., Edda (Gl.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛘᚢᚱᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)