Gildir

Old Norse Dictionary - gildir

Meaning of Old Norse word "gildir"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

gildir
m., in poetry a payer, contributor, Lex. poët.: a feaster, poët. the wolf that feasts in blood: a guild-brother, öld Ólafs gilda (gen. pl.), the host of St. Olave’s guild-brothers, Geisli 10; Hropts gildar, the champions of Odin, Hd.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛚᛏᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

gen.
genitive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Hd.
Hús-drápa. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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