Fjár-borg

Old Norse Dictionary - fjár-borg

Meaning of Old Norse word "fjár-borg" in English.

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

fjár-borg
f. a ‘burrow’ or shieling in which sheep are kept in the east of Icel., vide Eggert Itin. ch. 816.

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

Abbreviations used:

ch.
chapter.
f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
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