Spelkur
Old Norse Dictionary - spelkur
Meaning of Old Norse word "spelkur"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spelkur
- f. pl. [A. S. spelc], a splint for binding up broken bones; hann setti við fætrna, ok batt við spelkur, FaS. iii. 309, passim in mod. usage; lætr hann flá af því belg, siðan lætr hann setja spelkur (spjalkir v. l.) í munn því, ii. 181.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛚᚴᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)