Víð-gyrðill

Old Norse Dictionary - víð-gyrðill

Meaning of Old Norse word "víð-gyrðill"

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

víð-gyrðill
m. the wide girdle of the earth, i. e. the sea, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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