Þver-fjörðr

Old Norse Dictionary - þver-fjörðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þver-fjörðr" (or þver-fjǫrðr) in English.

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

þver-fjörðr (þver-fjǫrðr): m. a cross-fiord, a side-fiord, branching out of a large central bay, Landn. 131 (of the northern side of Broadfirth in Icel.)

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þver-fjörðr may be more accurately written as þver-fjǫrðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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