Definitions
Definitions
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.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
hunang-sætr
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).