Skegg-broddr

Old Norse Dictionary - skegg-broddr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skegg-broddr" in English.

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

skegg-broddr
m. bristles of the beard; þeyta skeggbroddana, Fb. i. 296 (the skeggröddina and skeggraustina, Fms. i. 303, is prob. only a false reading for skeggbroddana).

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
prob.
probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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