Hængr

Old Norse Dictionary - hængr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hængr" in English.

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

hængr
m., older and better hæingr, m. a male salmon, called hungell in Shetl., Edda (Gl.), Fb. ii. 520 (in a verse) spelt hængs, Fas. ii. 112, freq. in mod. usage: a nickname, Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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