Vagna

Old Norse Dictionary - vagna

Meaning of Old Norse word "vagna" in English.

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

vagna
u, f., also vögn (q. v.), a dolphin or porpoise, Edda (Gl.), Fas. iii. 507: poët. vögnu-láð = the sea, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
poët.
poetically.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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