Frjáls-gjafi
Old Norse Dictionary - frjáls-gjafi
Meaning of Old Norse word "frjáls-gjafi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word frjáls-gjafi can mean:frjáls-gjafi
- frjáls-gjafi
- a, m. a ‘free-given’ man, freed-man, in the Norse law distinguished from and lower than a leysingi, q. v., N. G. L. i. 345, 347.
- frjáls-gjafi
- II. one that gives freedom, Grág. i. 227.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᛅᛚᛋ-ᚴᛁᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)