Kuðungr

Old Norse Dictionary - kuðungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kuðungr" in English.

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

kuðungr
m. a kind of shell, see kúfungr; hneppa sig í kuðung, to crouch into one’s shell, like a snail, cp. Safn i. 91, 97.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Safn
Safn til Sögu Islands.
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