Spói
Old Norse Dictionary - spói
Meaning of Old Norse word "spói"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spói
- a, m. [Swed. spof], a bird, a curlew, scolupax arquata l., Edda (Gl.), Grág. ii. 346; spóa-egg, vella einsog spói, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)