Kennandi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Kennandi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 kennandi

part. a teacher, Greg., Post., passim: as a law term, a witness for recovering and identifying a lost thing; sá maðr er kennendr vill færa til fjár síns, hann skal vinna eið at því at hann átti fé þat, Grág. i. 424; þá á sá, er fé átti, allt þat er hann kennir …, nema kennendr komi til, N. G. L. ii. 46.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛁᚾᚾᛅᚾᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
part
participle.
part.
participle.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

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