Val-tafn

Old Norse Dictionary - val-tafn

Meaning of Old Norse word "val-tafn" in English.

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

val-tafn: n. an offering of slain, the slain being an offering to Odin, Kormak, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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