Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FRÓN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 FRÓN

n. a poët. word = land, country, Lex. Poët. passim; scarcely akin to the Germ. frohn = demesne; in mod. poets and in patriotic songs frón is the pet name for Icel. itself, Núm. 1. 10, 8. 9, 12. 4. Snót 16; Icel. students in Copenhagen about 1763 were the first who used the word in this sense.

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Runic Inscription

FRÓN

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "FRÓN" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
poët.: poetical, poetically.

Works & Authors

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Snót: Snót, poems.

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