Dauða-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - dauða-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "dauða-maðr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

dauða-maðr
m. a man doomed to die, Fms. vii. 33; hafa e-n at dauðamanni. 656 A. I. 25, Eg. 416.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

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