Virgill
Old Norse Dictionary - virgill
Meaning of Old Norse word "virgill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- virgill
- or virgull, m. [Goth. wurgils; the root is in Germ. erwürgen]:—a halter; höggva virgulinn sundr, Hom. 117; virgilinn, Bs. i. 225, Pr. 414; var virgill dreginn á háls honum, Fms. v.i. 13; virgul (acc.), Fb. ii. 330; hvárki gálgi né virgill, Hom. 118 (virgull, Fms. v. l. c.): poët., virgill handar = a bracelet, Edda; hryn-virgill brynju, a ring in chain-armour, Eg. (in a verse). virgil-nár, m. a corpse on a gallows, Hm.; cp. gálg-nár, Grág.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)