Víð-flögull
Old Norse Dictionary - víð-flögull
Meaning of Old Norse word "víð-flögull" (or víð-flǫgull)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- víð-flögull (víð-flǫgull)
- adj. id., Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, víð-flögull may be more accurately written as víð-flǫgull.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᚠᛚᚢᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.