FRÓN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FRÓN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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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