Far-land
Old Norse Dictionary - far-land
Meaning of Old Norse word "far-land"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- far-land
- n., poët. the land of ships, the sea, Lex. poët., cp. Og. 31.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚱ-ᛚᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)