Fjall-nár
Old Norse Dictionary - fjall-nár
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjall-nár"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fjall-nár
- m. a law term, a man put to death by being exposed on a fell, opp. to gálg-nár hanged, sæ-nár drowned, vide Grág. Vsl. ch. 90, cp. Rd. ch. 21, 22.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛅᛚᛚ-ᚾᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vsl.
- Vígslóði. (B. I.)