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.