Svín-fylking

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Svín-fylking

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 svín-fylking

f. a ‘swine-array,’ the wedge-shaped phalanx of the Scandinavians, from its being shaped like a swine’s snout (see hamall and rani), Sks. 384, Fb. i. 140.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᚾ-ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛁᚾᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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