Vingull
Old Norse Dictionary - vingull
Meaning of Old Norse word "vingull"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vingull can mean:vingull
- vingull
- m. an oaf, simpleton, freq. in mod. usage; þú ert mesti vingull! and vinguls-ligr, adj. oafish.
- vingull
- 2. a horse’s pizzle, Fb. ii. 332.
- vingull
- 3. botan. fesuca, Hjalt. Vingul-mörk, f. name of a county in Norway (referring to phallus worship?), Fms.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚾᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- botan.
- botanically.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.