Sól-mánuðr

Old Norse Dictionary - sól-mánuðr

Meaning 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.)
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