Fanginn
Old Norse Dictionary - fanginn
Meaning of Old Norse word "fanginn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fanginn
- part. captured, Stj. 71, Ann. 1299, Bs. i. 698: metaph. enticed, Fas. i. 60; cp. ást-fanginn, captured by love, in love.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚾᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)