Svefnþorn

Old Icelandic Dictionary - svefnþorn

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "svefnþorn" in English.

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

svefnþorn
m. ‘sleep-thorn’; stinga e-n ~i or e-m ~, to stick one with the sleep-thorn (of a charmed sleep).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚠᚾᚦᚢᚱᚾ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
m.
masculine.

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