Þvál
Old Norse Dictionary - þvál
Meaning of Old Norse word "þvál"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þvál
- n. [þvæla; Swed. tvål; A. S. þweal], a kind of soap for washing, Edda ii. 514, 634.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)