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.