Suðr-jöklar
Old Norse Dictionary - suðr-jöklar
Meaning of Old Norse word "suðr-jöklar" (or suðr-jǫklar)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- suðr-jöklar (suðr-jǫklar)
- m. pl. the south glaciers, Landn. 63.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, suðr-jöklar may be more accurately written as suðr-jǫklar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚦᚱ-ᛁᚢᚴᛚᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)