Niðjungr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Niðjungr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 niðjungr

m. = niðr, a son, relative, Rm. 38, Lex. Poët.:—the name of a dwarf, from nið, f. (q. v.)

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᛏᛁᚢᚾᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
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