Guðrækni

Old Norse Dictionary - guðrækni

Meaning of Old Norse word "guðrækni"

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

guðrækni
f. piety, freq. in mod. usage. ☞ Neither of the two words is recorded in old writers; on the other hand, in mod. usage guðrækilegr = wicked is disused, to avoid a painful ambiguity.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.

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