Útilegumanna-sögur
Old Norse Dictionary - útilegumanna-sögur
Meaning of Old Norse word "útilegumanna-sögur" (or útilegumanna-sǫgur)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- útilegumanna-sögur (útilegumanna-sǫgur)
- f. pl., see Maurer’s Volksagen 240, and Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 160 sqq. The first traces of these legends, so peculiar to Icel., are those of the hidden valley Thorisdale, recorded in Grettla, peopled by a race half men half giants.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, útilegumanna-sögur may be more accurately written as útilegumanna-sǫgur.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛏᛁᛚᛁᚴᚢᛘᛅᚾᚾᛅ-ᛋᚢᚴᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.