Ginning
Old Norse Dictionary - ginning
Meaning of Old Norse word "ginning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ginning
- f. imposture, fraud, Fms. vi. 205, Ld. 322, Stj. 267: ginningar-fífl, m. a fool, one who runs a fool’s errand, Nj. 160; Gylfa-ginning, the Fooling of Gylfi, a part of the Edda, vide Edda Ub. the beginning.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ub.
- Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)