Vagl
Old Norse Dictionary - vagl
Meaning of Old Norse word "vagl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vagl can mean:vagl
- vagl
- m. [Ivar Aasen vagl; Swed. vagel = a roost]:—a beam, esp. an upper cross-beam, roost; hann hljóp í þvertré á húsinu ok síðan á vaglinn ok af vaglinum ok út í glugginn, Fms. x. 290.
- vagl
- II. [cp. Engl. wall-eye], a beam in the eye (a disease); vagl á auga, Ísl. Þjóðs.; at þeim vaglinum sem er í þínu auga gætir þú ekki—þú hræsnari, drag fyrst út vaglinn úr þínu auga, Luke vi. in the edit, of 1540.
- vagl
- III. a local name, Vaglar, Lv.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚴᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- m.
- masculine.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)