Heinar-sufl

Old Norse Dictionary - heinar-sufl

Meaning of Old Norse word "heinar-sufl" in English.

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

heinar-sufl
(heinar-smjör, hone-grease, Fb. iii. 425), n. the liquor in which mowers dip the whetstone, Fms. vi. 374: in poetry the sword is called hein-flet, hein-land, hein-vandill, the flat, land, rod of the hone, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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