Fang-staðr
Old Norse Dictionary - fang-staðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fang-staðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fang-staðr
- m. something to grasp or lay hold of, in the phrases, fá f. á e-m, to catch hold of one, Vápn. 14, Th. 14; ljá fangstaðar á sér, to let oneself be caught, Fms. iv. 282.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚾᚴ-ᛋᛏᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)