Hlað-berg

Old Norse Dictionary - hlað-berg

Meaning of Old Norse word "hlað-berg" in English.

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

hlað-berg
n. a projecting pier, a rock where a ship is laden, D. n. iv. 180; cp. the mod. phrase, hafa e-ð á hraðbergi (sic), qs. hlaðbergi, to have a thing ready at hand, Lat. in promptu.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Lat.
Latin.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
qs.
quasi.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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