Frið-bönd
Old Norse Dictionary - frið-bönd
Meaning of Old Norse word "frið-bönd" (or frið-bǫnd)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frið-bönd (frið-bǫnd)
- n. pl. ‘peace-bonds,’ straps wound round the sheath and fastened to a ring in the hilt when the weapon was not in use; hence the phrase, spretta friðböndunum, to untie the ‘peace-straps,’ before drawing the sword, Sturl. iii. 186, Gísl. 55; the use of the word in Krók. 40 is undoubtedly wrong: cp. the drawings in old MSS.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, frið-bönd may be more accurately written as frið-bǫnd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦ-ᛒᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)