Bálkar-lag

Old Norse Dictionary - bálkar-lag

Meaning of Old Norse word "bálkar-lag" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

bálkar-lag
n. a sort of metre (from a pr. name Balkr), Edda (Ht.) 142.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛚᚴᛅᚱ-ᛚᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
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