Guð-níðingr
Old Norse Dictionary - guð-níðingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "guð-níðingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- guð-níðingr
- m. a traitor to God, a renegade, Nj. 272, Fms. i. 84, viii. 308, xi. 41, 274, Fs. 173; e. g. Julian the Apostate is rendered by Julianus Guðníðingr. guðníðings-skapr, m. apostacy, Fms. iii. 89.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦ-ᚾᛁᚦᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)