Víðerni

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Víðerni

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 víðerni

n. width, widening, extension; innan þess víðernis, H. E. i. 467; mátti þat varla standa fyrir víðerni Kristninnar, it could not hinder the widening of the Church, Mar.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᛏᛁᚱᚾᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

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

Works & Authors

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
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