Belgr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - belgrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "belgr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
belgr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- belgr
- (gen. -s or -jar, pl. -ir), m.
- belgr
- 1) the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole (cf. kálfs~, katt~, hafr~, otr~);
- belgr
- 2) skin-bag, skin-case (draga belg á or yfir hofuð e-m);
- belgr
- 3) bellows (smiðju-~).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛚᚴᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- f.
- feminine.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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