Friðgin
Old Norse Dictionary - friðgin
Meaning of Old Norse word "friðgin"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- friðgin
- n. pl.; this curious word is analogous to systkin, feðgin, mæðgin, and seems to mean lovers; it only occurs twice, viz. in Clem., þá varð hvárt þeirra friðgina öðru fegit, 37; and in the poem Pd. 53, but here the verse is in a fragmentary state.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦᚴᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Pd.
- Placidus-drápa. (A. III.)