Definitions
Definitions
1 SÓN
f. [Germ. sühne, ver-söhnung]:—an atonement, sacrifice, of the heathen age; this ancient Teut. word remains in the Norse only in a few COMPDS: sónarblót, sónardreyri, sónargöltr.
2 SÓN
II. Són was the name of one of the vessels in which the blood ot Kvasir (the mead of wisdom and poetry) was kept, Edda; hence poetry itself is called fyllr Sónar, id.: orða-sáð Sónar, the word-seed of Són, i. e. inspired poetry, Kormak. This whole myth belongs to the mysteries of the heathen poets.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
SÓN
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "SÓN" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).