Heggr

Old Norse Dictionary - heggr

Meaning of Old Norse word "heggr" in English.

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

heggr: m. [Ivar Aasen hegg; Swed. hägg; Engl. hedge, Germ. hecken, from this tree being used for hedging], a kind of tree, the bird-cherry, Edda (Gloss.): freq. in old poetry, Lex. Poët.: whence Dan. hægge-bær, hægge-blomst, etc.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

etc.: et cetera.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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