Torf-naust

Old Norse Dictionary - torf-naust

Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-naust" in English.

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

torf-naust
n. a ship-shed (naust) built of turf (or a ‘turf or peat-shed?’), Landn. 118.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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