Þarfa-gangr

Old Norse Dictionary - þarfa-gangr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þarfa-gangr" in English.

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

þarfa-gangr
m. ‘need-going,’ urine, excrement, Stj. 642, Fs. 180.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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