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Hunang-sætr

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1 hunang-sætr

adj. sweet as honey. ☞ In olden times and throughout the Middle Ages, honey was one of the chief exports from England to Scandinavia (Norway and Iceland), see the passages above; as sugar was then unknown, the export of honey far exceeded that of the present day.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

hunang-sætr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
Engl
English.
gl
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation