Víggyrðill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - víggyrðill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "víggyrðill" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

víggyrðill
víggyrðill, m. Skandseklædning hvormed man omgav Skibe til Værn mod Fienden i Søslag. Bjark. 1698; Fm. VI, 263;tóku þá reksauminn, þann er konungrhafði fengit þeim, ok festu svarðlykkjurallt innan í borðunum, settu þar ístuðla ok festu þar við víggyrðlanaFm. VIII, 2165; jvf vígfleki 2.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚵᚵᛦᚱᚦᛁᛚᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.
Masculin.

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