Hengill

Old Norse Dictionary - hengill

Meaning of Old Norse word "hengill" in English.

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

hengill Old Norse word can mean:

hengill: m. a pendulum, (mod.)

hengill: 2. name of an overhanging mountain, a beetling crag: also Hengla-fjöll, n. pl., Fb. iii. 559: hengil-mæna, u, f. a ‘droop-chine,’ laggard: hengil-mænulegr, adj.; hengilmænu-skapr, m.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

adj.: adjective.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

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