Þver-fjörðr
Old Norse Dictionary - þver-fjörðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þver-fjörðr" (or þver-fjǫrðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þver-fjörðr (þver-fjǫrðr)
- m. a cross-fiord, a side-fiord, branching out of a large central bay, Landn. 131 (of the northern side of Broadfirth in Icel.)
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þver-fjörðr may be more accurately written as þver-fjǫrðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛁᚱ-ᚠᛁᚢᚱᚦᚱ
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.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)