Frið-land
Old Norse Dictionary - frið-land
Meaning of Old Norse word "frið-land"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frið-land
- n. a ‘peace-land’ or friendly country, Fms. ii. 132, Hkr. i. 295: used in the laws of old freebooters (víkingar), who made a compact not to plunder a country, on condition of having there a free asylum and free market;—such a country was called friðland, Eg. 245, Fms. xi. 62, Ísl. ii. 334.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦ-ᛚᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)