Veðrar-horn
Old Norse Dictionary - veðrar-horn
Meaning of Old Norse word "veðrar-horn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- veðrar-horn
- n. a wether’s horn; hvat mælir hyrningr sjá, er staf hefir í hendi ok uppi á sem veðrarhorn sé bjúgt, of a bishop’s crozier, Ó. H. 108; fiski-stöng ok veðrar (horn) upp af, a fishing-rod with a wether’s horn (or crooked like a wether’s horn) at the top, Gísl. 21.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦᚱᛅᚱ-ᚼᚢᚱᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)