Vað-steinar
Old Norse Dictionary - vað-steinar
Meaning of Old Norse word "vað-steinar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vað-steinar
- m. pl. the stones (leads) on a fishing-line; hence Vaðsteina-berg, a local name, Gísl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚦ-ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)