Dauða-tákn

Old Norse Dictionary - dauða-tákn

Meaning of Old Norse word "dauða-tákn" in English.

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

dauða-tákn
n. a token of death, Bret. 66, cp. 11. xx. 226.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Bret.
Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
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