Svín-fylking

Old Norse Dictionary - svín-fylking

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

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

svín-fylking
f. a ‘swine-array,’ the wedge-shaped phalanx of the Scandinavians, from its being shaped like a swine’s snout (see hamall and rani), Sks. 384, Fb. i. 140.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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