Refil-stígar
Old Norse Dictionary - refil-stígarMeaning of Old Norse word "refil-stígar" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- refil-stígar
- m. pl. an obscure word, a serpent-path (?), a hidden, mysterious path; hann nefndisk Gangleri ok kominn af refilstigum, Edda 2; hann hvarf refilstíga (acc.), he disappeared by a mysterious way, Fb. i. (in a verse), cp. Prov. xxx. 19.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚠᛁᛚ-ᛋᛏᛁᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)