Definitions
Definitions
1 al-henda
u, f. a metrical term, a subdivision of dróttkvætt, a metre having two rhymed couplets in every line; if one of these be half rhyme it is called a. hin minni (the minor alhenda), if both be full rhymes it is a. meiri (complete alhenda), Edda (Ht.) 132, Sturl. ii. 56: thus harð-múla varð Skúli is a complete alhenda.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
al-henda
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "al-henda" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).