Verk-hestr
Old Norse Dictionary - verk-hestr
Meaning of Old Norse word "verk-hestr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- verk-hestr
- m. a cart-horse (mod. púls-hestr), Vm. 18, Landn. 84.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴ-ᚼᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)