Þöngla-bakki
Old Norse Dictionary - þöngla-bakki
Meaning of Old Norse word "þöngla-bakki" (or þǫngla-bakki)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þöngla-bakki (þǫngla-bakki)
- a, m. a local name, map of Icel.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þöngla-bakki may be more accurately written as þǫngla-bakki.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚾᚴᛚᛅ-ᛒᛅᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.