Tálkn-fanar
Old Norse Dictionary - tálkn-fanar
Meaning of Old Norse word "tálkn-fanar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tálkn-fanar
- f. pl. fan-like fringes of whale-bone, Fms. v. 183, Fas. ii. 518.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛚᚴᚾ-ᚠᛅᚾᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)