Þursa-skegg

Old Norse Dictionary - þursa-skegg

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

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

þursa-skegg
n., botan. giant’s-beard, a kind of coral, corallina officinalis, as also the name of a sea-weed, fucus corneus, Maurer’s Volksagen.

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

Abbreviations used:

botan.
botanically.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.

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