Vögn
Old Norse Dictionary - vögn
Meaning of Old Norse word "vögn" (or vǫgn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vögn can mean:vögn
- vögn (vǫgn)
- f. (also vagna, u, f.), pl. vagnir, a kind of whale, delphinus orca; plur. vagnir, Sks. (Gronl. Hist. M. iii. 291, v. l.), Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.; vögnu láð, the sea, Ód.
- vögn (vǫgn)
- COMPDS: vögnbráð, vögnhvalr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vögn may be more accurately written as vǫgn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)