Dísa-blót
Old Norse Dictionary - dísa-blótMeaning of Old Norse word "dísa-blót" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dísa-blót
- n. a sacrifice to the disir, Eg. 205, Yngl. S. ch. 33; þar var veizla búin at vetr-nóttum ok gört disablót, Glúm. 336. In early Swed. laws occur disa-þing, a general assembly, held in February, and disa-þings dagher = the day when the d. sat; disn-þings fridher = the peace, sanctity of the d., Schlyter.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛋᛅ-ᛒᛚᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)
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