Nes-nám

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Nes-nám

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᚾᛁᛋ-ᚾᛅᛘ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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