Teig-skógr

Old Norse Dictionary - teig-skógr

Meaning of Old Norse word "teig-skógr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

teig-skógr
m. a measured strip of wood-land; teigskógr ok torf-skurðr í Topta-dal, Vm. 97: poët., sval-teigr, the cold strip, i. e. the sea; svan-teigr, the swan-field, i. e. the sea, Lex. poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛁᚴ-ᛋᚴᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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