Egg

Old Icelandic Dictionary - egg

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "egg" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

egg Old Icelandic word can mean:

egg: I)

egg: (gen. pl. eggja), n. egg.

egg: II)

egg: (gen. -jar, dat. -ju; pl. -jar), f. edge; eyða (verja) oddi ok eggju, by force of arms, with might and main.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚴ

Abbreviations used:

gen.: genitive.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

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