Fjall-garðr

Old Norse Dictionary - fjall-garðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "fjall-garðr" in English.

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

fjall-garðr
m. a wall of fells, range of hills, Hkr. i. 8, A. A. 287 (of the Alps), Sks. 143.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

A. A.
Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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