Aust-kylfir
Old Norse Dictionary - aust-kylfirMeaning of Old Norse word "aust-kylfir" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- aust-kylfir
- m. pl. easterlings, cp. Kylfingar, an old Russian population, Kolbiager, east of the Baltic; in a poem of Hornklofi, Fagrsk. 9.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛋᛏ-ᚴᚢᛚᚠᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)