Sólar-hringr
Old Norse Dictionary - sólar-hringr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sólar-hringr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sólar-hringr
- m. the ‘sun-ring,’ orbit, ecliptic, Rb. 458, 462; krabba-mark er norðast er í sólarhring, 476: mod. the circuit of the sun (day and night together); einn sólarhring, tvo sólarhringa, one, two whole days.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛅᚱ-ᚼᚱᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)