Sverðs-hjölt
Old Norse Dictionary - sverðs-hjölt
Meaning of Old Norse word "sverðs-hjölt" (or sverðs-hjǫlt)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sverðs-hjölt (sverðs-hjǫlt)
- n. pl. sword-hilts, Landn. 181, Fms. iv. 37, xi. 133, Ld. 204.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sverðs-hjölt may be more accurately written as sverðs-hjǫlt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚱᚦᛋ-ᚼᛁᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)