Landnáms-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Landnáms-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 landnáms-maðr

and landnáma-maðr, m. a settler, and in plur. the settlers, of the first generation of settlers in Iceland, Íngólfr var frægastr allra landnámsmanna, Landn. 38, 236, 320, 321, passim, Íb. ch. 1, 11.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛅᚾᛏᚾᛅᛘᛋ-ᛘᛅᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
plur.: plural.

Works & Authors

Íb.: Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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