Víg-gyrðla
Old Norse Dictionary - víg-gyrðla
Meaning of Old Norse word "víg-gyrðla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- víg-gyrðla
- að, to put up the shelter before battle; skip búin ok víggyrðluð, Fms. viii. 132; v. skip sín, Orkn. 360, Sks. 397; on land, Sturl. i. 185.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴ-ᚴᚢᚱᚦᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)