Aust-kylfir

Old Norse Dictionary - aust-kylfir

Meaning 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.)
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