Fastnaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - fastnaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "fastnaðr"

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

fastnaðr
m. betrothal, H. E. i. 246, 247; vide festar.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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