Víð-flögull

Old Norse Dictionary - víð-flögull

Meaning of Old Norse word "víð-flögull" (or víð-flǫgull) in English.

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

víð-flögull (víð-flǫgull): adj. id., Lex. Poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, víð-flögull may be more accurately written as víð-flǫgull.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors cited:

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

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