Guðspjalla-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - guðspjalla-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "guðspjalla-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- guðspjalla-maðr
- m. a ‘gospel-man,’ an evangelist, Stj. 144, Barl. 49, Sks. 562; at frásögn Mathias (Johannes, Markus, Lukas) guðspjallamanns, Mar. 1; still used so in Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦᛋᛒᛁᛅᛚᛚᛅ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)