Beytill

Viking Language Dictionary - beytill

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "beytill"

beytill
<-s> m horse-prick, horse penis; horse or male sexual member; Equisetum hyemale, rough horsetail, a common fescue grass in Iceland, also called in English scouring rush and scouring rush horsetail, resembles a horse penis; góibeytill appears in Landnámabók.

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛒᛁᚢᛏᛁᛚᛚ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛒᛁᚢᛐᛁᛚᛚ

Abbreviations used:

Eng
English
ex
example
m
masculine
n
neuter
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