Definitions
Definitions
1 nes-nám
n.; nema nesnám, to make a ‘ness-raid,’ a term used by the old vikings when they landed on narrow headlands and took cattle and provisions by force; nema nesnám ok höggva strandhögg, Eg. 81, Orkn 64, Fms. i. 195.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
nes-nám
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "nes-nám" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).