Sól-mánuðr
Old Norse Dictionary - sól-mánuðrMeaning of Old Norse word "sól-mánuðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sól-mánuðr
- m. [A. S. sôl-monað = February], the sun-month, Rb. 104, Edda i. 512 (also sel-mánuðr); in the Northern Calendar it is the third month in the summer, and begins this year (1872) on the 24th of June, see Icel. Almanack.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚ-ᛘᛅᚾᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)