Ýgis-hjálmr
Old Norse Dictionary - ýgis-hjálmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ýgis-hjálmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ýgis-hjálmr
- m. = ægis-hjálmr, a helm of terror (see hjálmr 3), Ad. 4 (ygrs-hjálmr Cd. less correctly).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᛁᛋ-ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cd.
- Codex.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)