Út-garðar

Old Norse Dictionary - út-garðar

Meaning of Old Norse word "út-garðar" in English.

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

út-garðar Old Norse word can mean:

út-garðar
m. pl. the outer building; færa e-n við útgarða, to throw to the wall, Glúm. 344; þann mann er um útgarða færði (who cast out) alla frændr sína, Gísl. 84.
út-garðar
2. mythol. the ‘out-yard,’ abode of the giant Útgarða-Loki, Edda.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
mythol.
mythology, mythologically.

Works & Authors cited:

Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
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