Eið-sifjar
Old Norse Dictionary - eið-sifjar
Meaning of Old Norse word "eið-sifjar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- eið-sifjar
- m. pl. ‘Oath-sibs,’ the name of a confederation of kinglets in southern Norway: whence the name Eiðsifja-lög, m. pl. a collection of laws in N. G. l. i. The word is differently spelt, Heiðsifjar, Heiðsævi, etc. But the syllable eið- may be derived from eið, an isthmus, because their parliament was held on an isthmus, Eid, now called Eidsvold; vide Munch.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚦ-ᛋᛁᚠᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)