Definitions
Definitions
1 frið-land
n. a ‘peace-land’ or friendly country, Fms. ii. 132, Hkr. i. 295: used in the laws of old freebooters (víkingar), who made a compact not to plunder a country, on condition of having there a free asylum and free market;—such a country was called friðland, Eg. 245, Fms. xi. 62, Ísl. ii. 334.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
frið-land
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "frið-land" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).