Vá-gestr
Old Norse Dictionary - vá-gestr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vá-gestr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vá-gestr
- m. a ‘woe-stranger,’ terrible stranger, appearing all of a sudden like a wolf among sheep, Grett. 133 A, Fms. vii. 110, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅ-ᚴᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)