Bann-setning
Old Norse Dictionary - bann-setning
Meaning of Old Norse word "bann-setning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bann-setning
- f. an excommunication, Sturl. ii. 3. bannsetningar-sverð, n. the sword of excommunication, H. E.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᚾ-ᛋᛁᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)