Veiði-bjalla

Old Norse Dictionary - veiði-bjalla

Meaning of Old Norse word "veiði-bjalla"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

veiði-bjalla
u, f. a ‘fish-bell,’ a popular name in southern Icel. for the sea-gull, for by its cries it marks the shoals of fish for the fishermen.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛁᚦᛁ-ᛒᛁᛅᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

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