Fót-ganga
Old Norse Dictionary - fót-ganga
Meaning of Old Norse word "fót-ganga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fót-ganga
- u, f., in fótgöngu-lið, n. host of footmen, Stj. 450, Fms. x. 139; fótgöngu-herr, m. id., Hkr. i. 216, Stj. 456; fótgöngu-menn, m. pl. id., Fms. vi. 413, Stj. 285.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛏ-ᚴᛅᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)