Víl-mögr
Old Norse Dictionary - víl-mögr
Meaning of Old Norse word "víl-mögr" (or víl-mǫgr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- víl-mögr (víl-mǫgr)
- m., pl. vílmegir, a son of toil, bondsman, Hm. 135, Skm. 35, Bm. 1 (Ó. H. 208), Edda (Gl.), but obsolete in prose.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, víl-mögr may be more accurately written as víl-mǫgr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚ-ᛘᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bm.
- Bjarka-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)