Varg-ynja
Old Norse Dictionary - varg-ynja
Meaning of Old Norse word "varg-ynja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- varg-ynja
- u, f. [A. S. wyrgen, Beowulf], a she-wolf, Lat. lupa, Róm. 381, Hbl. 39, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᚴ-ᚢᚾᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)