Há-altari

Old Norse Dictionary - há-altari

Meaning of Old Norse word "há-altari" in English.

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

há-altari
n. a high altar, Symb. 24, Hkr. iii. 293, Fb. ii. 376, Fms. v. 107, Dipl. iii. 4, v. 18, passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Symb.
Symbolae. (H. IV.)
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