Sprengi-kveld

Old Norse Dictionary - sprengi-kveld

Meaning of Old Norse word "sprengi-kveld"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

sprengi-kveld
n. ‘bursting-eve,’ i. e. Shrove Tuesday, from the habit of over-eating at that time, Icel. Almanack.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚱᛁᚾᚴᛁ-ᚴᚢᛁᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

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