fornyrðislag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Poetic Edda, consisting of two lifts per half-line.

Word forms

fornyrðislag

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse fornyrðislag.

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