Etymology

fornyrðislag

Today it means: An Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Poetic Edda, consisting of two lifts per half-line. Full definition →

Old Norse fornyrðislag
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  1. Old Norse · learned borrowing fromfornyrðislag
  2. English todayfornyrðislag

Learned borrowing from Old Norse fornyrðislag.

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