Mar-svín

Old Norse Dictionary - mar-svín

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

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

mar-svín
n. ‘sea-swine,’ sea-hog, a kind of whale, Eggert Itin.; marsvína-rekstr, Fél. vii. 28, the driving whales ashore.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fél.
Félags-rit.
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
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