Þröng-býlt

Meaning of Old Norse word "þröng-býlt" (or þrǫng-býlt)

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

þröng-býlt (þrǫng-býlt)

n. adj. closely-inhabited, crowded.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröng-býlt may be more accurately written as þrǫng-býlt.

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