Vað-bjúgr

Old Norse Dictionary - vað-bjúgr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vað-bjúgr" in English.

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

vað-bjúgr
adj., vað-boginn, part. (Mork. l. c.), falling slack like a fishing-line: in the phrase, fara v. fyrir e-m, to give in, Fb. iii. 383.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
part.
participle.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Mork.
Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
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