Út-garðar
Old Norse Dictionary - út-garðar
Meaning of Old Norse word "út-garðar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word út-garðar can mean:út-garðar
- út-garðar
- m. pl. the outer building; færa e-n við útgarða, to throw to the wall, Glúm. 344; þann mann er um útgarða færði (who cast out) alla frændr sína, Gísl. 84.
- út-garðar
- 2. mythol. the ‘out-yard,’ abode of the giant Útgarða-Loki, Edda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛏ-ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)