Mar-bakki

Old Norse Dictionary - mar-bakki

Meaning of Old Norse word "mar-bakki" in English.

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

mar-bakki
a, m. the ‘sea-bank,’ the border between shoal and deep water along the coast, see Ivar Aasen; síð. in málvinir minir fyrir marbakkann sukku, Vígl. (in a verse), N. G. l. ii. 140, v. l.

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

Abbreviations used:

gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Vígl.
Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
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