Sólar-steinn
Old Norse Dictionary - sólar-steinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "sólar-steinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sólar-steinn
- m. a sun-stone or loadstone, = leiðarsteinn, used by sailors to find the place of the sun on a cloudy day, Fms. v. 341, Bs. i. 565, 674, Ám. 52, Pm. 20, 81.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛅᚱ-ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ám.
- Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)