Hval-mál

Old Norse Dictionary - hval-mál

Meaning of Old Norse word "hval-mál" in English.

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

hval-mál
n. ‘whale-case,’ i. e. a claim to whales as jetsum, Bs. i. 666.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.
id est.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
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